[Cuis-dev] [ChangeSet] Reinstall updated packages when installing updates

Phil B pbpublist at gmail.com
Sun Aug 9 17:36:23 PDT 2020


The changeset asks the user if they want to reload.  The issue is the act
of reloading a package: it's inherently unsafe.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 7:55 PM Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> El 9/8/20 a las 20:09, Phil B via Cuis-dev escribió:
> > I think this is a good idea conceptually, dangerous in practice.  The
> > update changesets are intended to be installed one after the other on
> > top of each other, packages aren't.  I'd bet that no one ever does any
> > testing to see if installing a new package over an older one works
> > correctly.
>
> Perhaps you could warn the user, and Object>>confirm: the operation.
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