On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Joker-jar <jokerjar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, I propose to add the ability to add comments to the packages in >> pacman. For example, sometimes you need to install packages as a optional >> or makedepend. I always do it with --as-deps key. Later, when you run >> "pacman -Qdt" to see and cleanup orphan packages you can't distinguish >> really orphan packages and packages installed via the reasons, >> describedabove. In >> this case comments to the packages could be very useful. Sorry fo my >> english :) > > You should open a task in the bugtracker if there's no such request already. Hello, just a suggestion. Wouldn't tracking which packages where installed as optional dependencies be better? There could be a --as-optdeps option for example. --Chris Sakalis
