Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.15.9-3
Severity: wishlist
Hi again. I'm finally purging my aptitude thoughts. One more to go
after this. :-)
I find %r to be very useful in providing at-a-glance information as to
whether I need a package installed or not, especially when I don't know
much and don't particularly want to know much about a package.
%r doesn't quite provide the whole picture though: it doesn't tell me
at-a-glance if any other packages recommend or suggest a package, so
when I'm cleaning out unwanted packages I often find myself constantly
checking their reverse-dependency listings before hitting the purge
button. This process can get pretty tedious, especially when confronted
with the long reverse-dependency listings that I addressed in my other
wishlist.
If we had similar escapes for reverse-recommends and reverse-suggests we
would all be able to see immediately just how many other packages find
a particular package useful. No longer would we need to enter a new
screen for each and every package. Just scrolling through the package
listing would be enough.
You already have a lot of escapes already, so maybe %r could change to
displaying 5 characters: d/r/s. Those wishing to only see actual
reverse depends can limit the width to 1 character.
What do you think?
Thanks!
Brian
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