Re: "pkg unload" opinions please?

[Andrew Janke]

On 1/3/20 12:23 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>  Am 03.01.2020 um 15:43 schrieb PhilipNienhuis:
>> Hi,
> 
> Hi Philip,
> my 2c
> 
>> Now the question is: What do we want "pkg unload" to do in the second
>> scenario, where we want to unload just package "A" but some other loaded
>> package "B" depends on "A", whether we know that or not.
>>
>> Mike came up with a few options, repeated below.
>> I'll shamelessly put my own preference here on top, but I'll keep most
>> of my
>> motives for a next post:
>>
>> Given the fact that "pkg load" has an (undocumented) "-nodeps" option:
>> (A0. Document the '-nodeps' option for "pkg load")
>> A1. Emit an error and do not unload "A" and "B"
>> A2. Only unload package "A" if "pkg unload" was called with a "-nodeps"
>> flag; document and implement it.
> 
> A1 should be default
> A2 can can be useful in some testing condition.

I agree.

>> Other options:
>> B. silently unload both A and B
> 
> this should require a separate flag like "-withdepending"

Also agreed.

Cheers,
Andrew