Dear pacman devs, I occasionally miss something like an "Install Notes" field in the pacman database (a variant of "Install Reason") for the installer to leave arbitrary notes that help understand/remember why certain packages exist on a system.
Systems managed by pacman do not need reinstalls or OS upgrades that start from scratch. So packages that are installed for a particular reason can get carried along for a long time. A "Notes" field could be particularly useful for multi-user machines. The info could be provided at install time (and be passed on to any dependencies that get pulled in) # pacman -S asar --notes="project bar" or at a later point: # pacman -D asar --notes="project bar" and be visible as package property: # pacman -Qi asar <snip> Download Size : 95.72 KiB Installed Size : 457.00 KiB Install Notes : "project foo" "project bar" Packager : ... It's just another idea. I'll like pacman with or without this feature :) Best, Daan
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