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

[Drew DeVault]

> What if we just did not print installed optional dependencies?
I'm open to that idea, but hesitant to completely remove them. Maybe we
can adjust the output of pacman -Si to include this status in the
optional dep list?
I'd like additional opinions for either of these changes.

Drew DeVault

On 07/11/2013 11:57 PM, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 12/07/13 15:40, Drew DeVault wrote:
>>> But that puts the most important uninstalled optdep in the middle of the
>>> output.
>> I suppose that's true. From my testing, however, it looks fairly
>> distinct. Example:
>>
>> Optional dependencies for cmus
>>     alsa-lib: for ALSA output plugin support [installed]
>>     libao: for AO output plugin support [installed]
>>     libpulse: for PulseAudio output plugin support [installed]
>>     faad2: for AAC input plugin support [installed]
>>     flac: for flac input plugin support [installed]
>>     libmad: for mp3 input plugin support [installed]
>>     libmodplug: for modplug input plugin support [installed]
>>     libmp4v2: for mp4 input plugin support [installed]
>>     libmpcdec: for musepack input plugin support [installed]
>>     libvorbis: for vorbis input plugin support [installed]
>>     wavpack: for wavpack input plugin support [installed]
>>     ffmpeg: for ffmpeg input plugin support
>>     opusfile: for opus input plugin support
>>
>> What if we moved [installed] to the start of the line, or added a line
>> between the two groups of packages?
>>
> What if we just did not print installed optional dependencies?
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