Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (75 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently, the search within zypper was changed to no longer show version 
> information and repositories holding a package.
> Either I just got to used to it or I'm really missing it.
>
> I know of the --details switch, which became a standard for me by now and I was 
> wondering if there were any plans for a config switch (/etc/zypp/zypp.conf) like
> ShowSearchDetails: {true,false}

Yes, .zypperc is becoming more and more requested.

BTW, there is also a '-s' shorthand for '--details'

> I understand you all are very busy and in case this is a feature you'd think 
> would make sense, I would offer myself to jump into it and provide a patch (I 
> assume this should not be to difficult to implement... tell me if I should be 
> wrong here; my coding knowledge is not that recent anymore).

Patches are very welcome, but let's not hurry too much (it's too late 
for 11.0 anyway). Should be discussed a bit before starting with 
implementation. What format should .zypperrc have (probably INI), what 
sections, what key naming policy, etc...

Cheers,

jano
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