[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Proposal: Add some kind of user feedback about package signing

[Dan McGee]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, robert evert <r.evert at tu-bs.de> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I know that package signing is not a favorite topic, but as its
> implemented, the world should know, which packages are signed for the
> time where unsigned and signed packages reside next to each other.
>
> Maybe also more people will "complain" to the devs about not-yet signed
> packages.
>
> This fancy one-liner is just an idea, maybe the printf should go to the
> place, where pacman checks, if the package has a signature and complain
> there.
As implemented this is a total no-go; the backend *never* uses printf.

> Or while installing packages, a little * could appear for signed packages.
>
> Ideas?
I somewhat like the idea, but definitely not sure on any good time or
method to present this information to the user. However, at the end of
the day, what purpose does it provide? Is the user going to ctrl-C if
they don't see enough * marks next to their packages?

-Dan