[pacman-dev] [PATCH] '-Spp and -Supp' options were added to generate uri list without the downloaded package uris

[Laszlo Papp]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Laszlo Papp<djszapi2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> --print-pkg and --print-uris looks good to me
> >>
> >>
> > Me too, but it would be nice to keep the older -Sp option for
> --print-uris,
> > because everybody know it so :)
> >
>
> I didn't mean to drop it
>
> > but would you keep your new feature on top of these two options :
> >> --print-pkg and --print-uris only show non-download packages
> >> --print-pkg --print-pkg and --print-uris --print-uris show all
> >> ?
> >>
> >
> > I think -Sp/-Spp is good for the uris related.
> >
> >
>
> I don't think you got it. What I was saying is that --print-pkg and
> --print-uris are very similar options.
> So it would be quite strange to not apply the same behavior to both.
>
>
Yeah, I agree with you.


> But since --print-pkgs is only a long option, we would need to use
> --print-pkg --print-pkg which is very ugly ...
> Is it clearer now ?
>

--print-pkgs seems fine for me, the later one isn't so beautiful in fact,
but when i say this i see the point of user, not the view from
programmer/developer, because i'm not professional now in details.


>
> >>
> >> an alternative :
> >> what if we added the download size when ShowSize is used?
> >>
> >>
> > I think it's a good idea, more information is better generally :)
> >
> >
>
> With alternative, I meant alternative. i.e. I would not take your
> -Sp/-Spp patch, but only add the download size when ShowSize is used.
> Would you be fine with that?
>
>
Ah-so, I think it would be better to add it as a new feature, not an
alternative.

Maybe I'm wrong with my answers, because I don't know pacman in details so,
like you, but  i try to improve this feature from me, thanks :)