[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman: print colored optdepends install status

[Michael Straube]

Am 12.12.18 um 03:29 schrieb Ivy Foster:
> On 12 Dec 2018, at 11:31 am +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 10/12/18 3:31 am, Michael Straube wrote:
>>> Colorize [installed] and [pending] when printing optional dependencies.
> 
>> I'd prefer having less colours in our search operations, rather than
>> bringing those colours into other operations.
> 
>> Anyone want to give other opinions on this?
> 
> Agreed; I tend to prefer black-and-white output. Also,
> tools like lesspipe and multitail can colorize any program's stdout
> without having to add color support to the original program (or in
> this case, further complicate existing color support).
> 
> Cheers,
> Ivy ("escondida")
> 

I also think it can be irritating and/or distracting.
In terms of simplicity I agree with Ivy.

Well, the bug was on the list for v6.0, so I thought
it was wanted to implement. ;)

Michael