Richard Brown composed on 2016-03-13 22:22 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
Please register an opinion.
My opinion is that users who explicitly ask for additional information by using the non-default -v switch should not be perturbed when they receive more information than their tty of choice can display
The request was for better information provision, not more information provision - different sort order, same info.
Be careful what you wish for :)
There is plenty of other ways to mitigate the 'problem' of receiving too much information when requesting it, such as using screen or logging
All the others require more keystrokes and time per invocation, no?
I do not agree with the argument that 'screen' is not a valid solution as it is not a default option... using -v isn't a default option either
Most times I don't use -v with up/dup I wind up canceling and repeating with it. Here, -v amounts to a default option with up/dup. That huge blob of hundreds of packages filling the whole width of screen without using -v is little other than annoying. I find it surprising this thread generated the negativity it has. It's no more than a suggestion how to widen the gap between the best package manager and all the rest, which it is in large part because of so many little things, like this would be, that it does better on top of the larger things it does better, e.g how it translates install to mean upgrade when a listed package(s) is installed but in an older version. Why such objection to a FATE (not a "bug") that likely would be rather trivial to implement? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org