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Revisit uninstallers

Open jaimergp opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

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  • [X] I searched open requests and couldn't find a duplicate

What is the idea?

Research the best way to implement uninstallers. Currently, only Windows provides some, and they do not do all tasks in the conda-canonical way:

  • Files are batch removed without running pre-unlink logic
  • Shortcuts are removed by manually calling some menuinst logic
  • Windows Registry does not use conda init --reverse (#572)
  • I am not sure if the .condarc files are cleared up (related to #568)
  • Environments are not removed from ~/.conda/environments.txt

The uninstallation logic is not present on Linux or macOS either.

Why is this needed?

Better uninstallation processes.

What should happen?

The system should be left in a functional state, with no lingering files or configuration.

Additional Context

Uninstallation times have been previously reported as slow, so we might need to balance speed and correctness. See https://github.com/conda/constructor/issues/168. It's mostly UI related, so as long as the output is kept in check, we should be ok. Nevertheless, timings should be analyzed.

jaimergp avatar Feb 01 '23 18:02 jaimergp