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

[Jason St. John]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Drew DeVault <sircmpwn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/12/2013 01:17 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 12/07/13 16:06, Drew DeVault wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>> You mean -Qi?   And like we already do?
>
> Heh, whoops. You're quite right. I'd still like a second opinion on
> removing optional installed packages from the output, though.
>

This sounds like the best idea to me. I don't see the point in listing
installed optional dependencies. pacman doesn't list installed
dependencies. Why behave any differently for installed optional
dependencies? The only reason it should print them is so that the user
knows that there may be more packages they need to install.

Jason