On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Chris Sakalis <chrissakalis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Hi! That subject will be better handled in a feature request and a possible discussion on pacman-dev mailing list. I believe there is something about enhancing the suport for optiona dependencies and maybe some patches about that. But they didn't go much further. You should search pacman-dev archives and the bug tracker, of course. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? For more information, please read: http://idallen.com/topposting.html ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------
