[GSoC] migration

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On 22 Jul 2017, at 03:01, Umesh Singla <umeshksingla at macports.org> wrote:
> I don't know, in the above example, what do you mean when you say "..you realize that from its deps..", like, realize how? I am just asking this if there's some other way to get info on the latest modifications that I might not be aware of.
> 'sync' or 'upgrade outdated' provide the information what all ports got updated immediately on console but I'm not sure if it can be accessed later since the user may not realize that another port has broken immediately, like hstr here.

Since MP doesn't keep logs (!) I keep them myself and investigate when something doesn't work properly.

> Another thing that comes to my mind now is if, suppose, updated version of ncurses was actually required for some another port and reverting it to the older state could possibly result in breaking of that port.

No, because, as I said, it would revert to a previous tree state. The thing is doing it by reinstalling only the upgraded ports and not the whole tree. It shouldn't be difficult to implement.