On 11/05/14 00:54, Guillaume Bouchard wrote: > Hello, > > I'm reopening this discussion. A few time ago, I proposed to "grey" > explicit package name. Finally it was judged as confusing. > > Instead I propose to display only the package type during verbose > package listing. To achieve this, I splitted the packages table into > two tables, the one for explicit packages, and the other for > dependencies, examples: > > $ pacman -S epiphany > [sudo] password for guillaume: > resolving dependencies... > looking for conflicting packages... > > Package (1) New Version Net Change Download Size > > extra/epiphany 3.12.0-1 6.89 MiB 1.48 MiB > > Dependency (3) New Version Net Change Download Size > > extra/gcr 3.12.0-1 5.42 MiB 0.77 MiB > extra/libwnck3 3.4.7-1 2.85 MiB > extra/libxres 1.0.7-1 0.02 MiB > > Total Download Size: 2.25 MiB > Total Installed Size: 15.17 MiB > > > $ pacman -Rs gitg > checking dependencies... > > Package (1) Old Version Net Change > > gitg 0.3.2-1 -1.41 MiB > > Dependency (8) Old Version Net Change > > geoclue 0.12.99-1 -1.02 MiB > gtksourceview3 3.12.1-1 -6.78 MiB > ... > > Feedback needed ;) >
Anybody want to comment on this? I do not use the verbose table so have no opinion on whether this information is useful and if it is clear. Allan
