[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Highlight new dependencies brought in by an upgrade

[Allan McRae]

On 16/07/13 13:59, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 16/07/13 13:41, Connor Behan wrote:
>> Users trying to keep a lightweight system often scan the list of targets
>> for red flags. This just makes it easier for them.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Connor Behan <connor.behan at gmail.com>
>> ---
> 
> This makes little sense to me.  As a user I would not make the
> connection that highlighted packages are new dependencies.  In fact, I
> would expect those to be the targets that are being updated if anything.
> 
> And we already have VerbosePkgLists for people who want to monitor every
> detail of the update.

In addition.   "pacman -Syu foo"  updates and installs foo.   Think
about what the highlighting does then.