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[Feature Request] Add settings for repository pinning

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux, python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by examining the existing settings or repository-management entry points in mintsources, then compare how /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ are handled. Done means the application provides a menu for configuring repository pinning and accounts for the differing Mint and other distribution layouts.

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Description

I think that a menu to configure repository pinning would be nice, especially because of the differences of Mint's /etc/apt directory compared to other distro's. (Stuff like /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ instead of /etc/apt/sources.list)

Dominant language
Python
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