[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add ShowOldVersion Option

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/11/14, Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:57:49PM -0500, Justin Lampley wrote:
> > This feature can be beneficial in many ways, but mostly it is a good
> > indicator (at least for me) of whether I should check out the change log of
> > the program.  With minor version increases, it is most likely minor updates
> > or bug fixes, but if it is a major version increase, many things might have
> > been changed that are worth checking up on before going through with the
> > install.
> >
>
> For me too, it's a very valuable information that I missed several times in
> pacman (apt-get probably had it, but I don't remember how it was displayed..).
>
> So the only thing that bothers me is the way it's displayed, I don't find it
> very readable. But I don't have a better suggestion yet, besides maybe taking
> inspiration from other package managers.
>

I suggest this:

Remove: lib32-gcc

Total Removed Size:   0.00 MB

Targets:
        lib32-gcc-libs-4.2.2-2  [New]  1.05 MB
        audacious-player-1.4.0-1  [1.3.2-4]  1.07 MB
        audacious-plugins-1.4.0-2  [1.3.5-5.1]  1.68 MB
        eclipse-pydev-1.3.10-1  [1.3.9-1]  3.39 MB
        fakeroot-1.8.4-1  [1.7.1-3]  0.06 MB
        glibc-2.7-6  [2.7-4]  10.78 MB
        glproto-1.4.9-1  [1.4.8-1]  0.02 MB
        hal-info-0.20071030-1  [0.20071011-1]  0.03 MB
        imagemagick-6.3.6.10-1  [6.3.6.6-1]  2.30 MB
        lib32-glibc-2.7-5  [2.6.1-2]  3.64 MB
        libarchive-2.4.0-1  [2.2.6-2]  0.32 MB
        libgphoto2-2.4.0-2  [2.3.1-3]  1.36 MB
        libmcs-0.6.0-1  [0.4.1-2]  0.02 MB
        libsamplerate-0.1.2-4  [0.1.2-3]  0.20 MB
        lincity-ng-1.1.2-1  [1.1.1-1]  29.16 MB
        lm_sensors-2.10.5-2  [2.10.5-1]  0.32 MB
        tcl-8.4.16-2  [8.4.16-1]  1.63 MB
        tk-8.4.16-2  [8.4.16-1]  1.40 MB
        ttf-dejavu-2.21-1  [2.20-1]  3.79 MB
        xf86-video-ati-6.7.195-3  [6.7.195-1]  3.67 MB
        xorg-server-1.4-5  [1.4-4]  7.25 MB
        xpdf-3.02_pl2-1  [3.02_pl1-1]  0.49 MB

Total Download Size:    73.64 MB
Total Installed Size:   91.08 MB

Every package is printed on a new line, pkgname-pkgver-pkgrel, old
pkgver-pkgname and size are separated with 2 spaces.

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)