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Feature added by: Rihards Olups (richlv)

Feature #308322, revision 1
Title: interactive mode for zypper 
  
openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed
Priority 
    Requester: Desirable 
 
Requested by: Rihards Olups (richlv) 
 
Description: 
this is a request for fully supported and functional interactive mode for 
zypper.

currently zypper is mostly usable in non-interactive mode - user issues a 
command which is executed right away. while interactive mode is sort of 
working, it is not supported and breaks often (upgraded repositotires are not 
properly reloaded etc).

package manager smart supports  such an interactive mode, and it is very useful 
- user can enter this mode, search for packages without reloading repository 
data all the time and queue actions. 
 
Use Case: 
example session would be starting zypper, searching for some installed package, 
deciding to uninstall it, then adding a couple of packages for installation, 
searching for some more packages, deciding to install them as well, noticing 
that a couple of packages shoould be upgraded (and queuing that), then queuing 
some more packages to be removed. in the end 'commit' action is performed and 
zypper can be left for few hours to do its job. 
 
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openSUSE Feature: 
https://features.opensuse.org/308322