Allow setting config by skipping elevated parts
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 523
- Forks
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Description
Summary of the new feature / enhancement
There may be cases where the user wants to apply configuration and parts of it requires elevation. It may be useful to have a switch that allows explicitly skipping the elevated parts if the user is not elevated rather than fail the whole thing.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the configuration application flow and its elevation checks, then define how an explicit skip option should behave and what tests establish that elevated and non-elevated parts are handled correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100