From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: trentbuck@gmail.com (Trent W. Buck) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: List packages Status column terminology Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:38:59 +1100 Message-ID: <87sisemfos.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87bnzbi4ti.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390520364 20162 80.91.229.3 (23 Jan 2014 23:39:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:39:24 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 24 00:39:31 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Trs-0003UZ-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:39:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Trs-0005G9-0S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:39:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42443) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Trj-0005Fr-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:39:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Trb-00015x-JM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:39:19 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:50400) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Trb-00015r-CT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:39:11 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W6TrZ-0003OA-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:39:09 +0100 Original-Received: from ppp118-209-99-230.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.99.230]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:39:09 +0100 Original-Received: from trentbuck by ppp118-209-99-230.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:39:09 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 47 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-99-230.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:168987 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > "available" is not a great choice, tho. The suggested "not installed" > might be a bit better, but it's longer and I'd rather try and shorten > this column. > > Any other idea? For comparison, aptitude uses these terms: Upgradable Packages (71) A newer version of these packages is available. New Packages (82) These packages have been added to Debian since the last time you cleared the list of "new" packages (choose "Forget new packages" from the Actions menu to empty this list). Installed Packages (746) These packages are currently installed on your computer. Not Installed Packages (41034) These packages are not installed on your computer. Obsolete and Locally Created Packages (6) These packages are currently installed on your computer, but they are not available from any apt source. They may be obsolete and removed from the archive, or you may have built a private version of them yourself. Virtual Packages (5748) These packages do not exist; they are names other packages use to require or provide some functionality. They appear horizontally as grouping elements in a tree view, so they use up one line each instead of umpteen columns. Each package also has one to four single-letter codes in a generic "status" column, "i" for installed, "A" for automatically installed by something else, "p" for not installed, "v" for virtual, etc. They mostly correspond to the dpkg codes, Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Vers Description xyz hello 1.0 The classic greeting, and a good example