On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 07:26:52PM +0200, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
There are some particular cases where the previous behavior was better imo. Mostly when you reinstall a package for testing/debugging purpose, because you have some problems with it.
sure, it's a matter of taste. to me, the reason EXPLICIT means i installed the package explicitly at least once, so i know that package. maybe it means something else for others (like some users always do a -Sd instead of -S..)
Some users even try to reinstall all installed packages sometimes. This would lose all REASON information.
is this a hobby? :)
The better thing to do is probably have it fully configurable. Being able to set the reason to explicit, to deps (--asdeps) or to keep it (current default behavior).
yes, probably extra switches to kill automatism could not hurt - VMiklos