Bug#1109590: apt show: add 'wrap-and-sort -as' like output

Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.apt.devel
Message-ID <e4d54f36-90ff-446b-b9fa-84cc72ff225f__32414.5339241781$1753021180$gmane$org@bfh.ch>
Package: apt
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

it would be nice if 'apt show' could use a 'wrap-and-sort -as' like 
output, so all the over long depends lines get easier readable/easy 
skimmable by humans.

this is not a wrapping/paging issue, apt already does that, e.g.:

   Package: libreoffice
   [...]
   Depends: libreoffice-base, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-core [...]

is much easier to read as:

   Package: libreoffice
   [...]
   Depends:
    libreoffice-base,
    libreoffice-calc,
    libreoffice-core,
    [...]

so something like 'apt show -h|--human-readable' implementing this would 
be nice.

Regards,
Daniel
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