[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Show 'Required By' in -Si output

[Firmicus]

Nagy Gabor a écrit :
>> Dan McGee schrieb:
>>     
>>> Just as we do in -Qi, we can compute required by information for sync
>>> database packages. The behavior seems sane; for a given package, the -Si
>>> required by will show all packages in *any* sync database that require it.
>>>
>>> Implements FS#16244.
>>>
>>>       
>> I was wondering about -Qi too: Finding the contents of the "Required By" 
>> field takes some time and I want an option to only show the information 
>> that is cheap to get. That same thought would apply to -Si. Maybe abuse 
>> -q here (as it has no effect on -Qi or -Si yet) and omit those checks 
>> with -Siq or -Qiq.
>>
>>     
>
> Combined with my "-Sii would not be coherent with -Qii" complaint above,
> maybe we should just move Requiredby to -Qii (and -Sii). And then the
> new meaning of -Qii would be: more verbose.
>
> Bye
>
> PS: When finally we have fast database, these issues just disappear, so
> maybe we should working on that instead of workarounding lots of
> things... But that is not easy. ;-)
>
>
>   
Just curious: do you guys have a specific roadmap in that respect?
sqlite perhaps? Is this planned for pacman 4.0?

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