On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Guillaume Bouchard <guillaum.bouchard@gmail.com> wrote:
In extended table view, packages which are explicitly installed are displayed as CELL_TITLE (i.e. in bold). This helps understanding why packages are updated.
This helps the package managment workflow. During update, we can quickly have a look at why packages are updated and easilly track and remove the explicit packages which are not longer required. During remove, it shows all the explicit packages which are also removed by a cascade removal. During install, it provides a feedback on how your action will affect the database.
2ยข for the bikeshed: have you tried putting non-explicitly installed packages in grey instead? It might make more sense.
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Bouchard <guillaum.bouchard@gmail.com> --- src/pacman/util.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c index 58b0cec..a3ee5ee 100644 --- a/src/pacman/util.c +++ b/src/pacman/util.c @@ -808,7 +808,12 @@ static alpm_list_t *create_verbose_row(pm_target_t *target) } else { pm_asprintf(&str, "%s", alpm_pkg_get_name(target->remove)); } - add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_NORMAL); + if(alpm_pkg_get_reason(target->remove ? target->remove : target->install) == ALPM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT) { + /* put emphasis on the package name if it is an explicitly installed package */ + add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_TITLE); + } else { + add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_NORMAL); + }
/* old and new versions */ pm_asprintf(&str, "%s", -- 1.8.5.2