Bug 390201

Summary:	Make --ask more interactive, providing support for partial target updates
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) <jer>
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-11 18:19:17 UTC

--ask now presents a simple yes/no alternative. It could be enhanced to provide options for all packages that would be merged, using a simple interface with perhaps a tick box on every package's line, or a command line where the desired packages can be listed using a numbered list.

Since the dependency tree is already established at that point, it can be used to decide which (reverse) dependencies should or should not be upgraded when a specific package is interactively set to not be merged.