[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Group optional dependencies by installation status

[Allan McRae]

On 12/07/13 13:03, Drew DeVault wrote:
>> Optional dependencies are (or should be) listed in a PKGBUILD in order
>> of importance.  We previously rejected outputting them in alphabetical
>> order because of this.   Given this patch just groups the installed/not
>> installed nature of the optdepend, I suppose this is more reasonable,
>> but I am still reluctant.
> I can see the concern, but I think the importance of having a package installed disappears once you already have it.
>> Also, surely uninstalled optdepends are the more important ones and
>> should be listed first.
> The idea was getting them closer to the end of the output, where your caret will be prepared to type them in and install.
> 

But that puts the most important uninstalled optdep in the middle of the
output.