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aarnt / octoxbps

A Qt-based XBPS front end
GNU General Public License v2.0
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liberalize xbps-usage (no use of --force) #3

Closed Piraty closed 5 years ago

Piraty commented 7 years ago

I don't see why it is neccesary to use -f by default, and it indeed can create quite a mess if one is not asked before breaking software.

Piraty commented 7 years ago

Please, have a look here.

aarnt commented 7 years ago

The fact is if we subtract the "force" flag, users will be unable to reinstall a package when they want to.

Piraty commented 7 years ago

I dont't get the detail of your statement, sorry. by re-install i understand the pure installation of a package. Do you refert to xbps-reconfigure? that way --force can of course be useful.

Piraty commented 7 years ago

what about a sperate option in the dropdown menu "reinstall"? that could use --force. I certainly don't like xbps-remove to be run with --force, as this disables the ability to prevent dependency breakage.

Piraty commented 5 years ago

Closing. @aarnt in case i ever gain enough interest, would you support me forking it?

aarnt commented 5 years ago

Hi @Piraty I'm struggling to have time to work in my OSS projects. I can commit your change if you think users will not bother if they were no longer able to reinstall pkgs.