Bug 592968

Summary: JJ: zypper patch should show patch summary
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.3 Reporter: Dirk Mueller <dmueller>
Component: YaST2Assignee: E-mail List <zypp-maintainers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P4 - Low    
Version: Factory   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
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Description Dirk Mueller 2010-04-01 09:55:32 UTC 
instead of just showing the patchfilename (which does not say anything relevant), zypper should list the summary of the patch (short_descr) instead in a list.
Comment 1 Jan Kupec 2010-04-01 10:10:21 UTC 
I suppose you mean 'zypper lp', and 'zypper patches'. Yes, but the screen width is quite limited, so the questions where to put the summary.

We can't remove the patch name, since that is what you use if you want detailed info (zypper patch-info patchname). And the names are often very long, like 'OpenOffice_org-base-drivers-postgresql' :O(

Also we can't remove Category.
Status can be removed for 'lp', since it always lists 'needed' patches. But if you do 'lp -a', you need also Status.
Repository? I don't know.
Additional column anyway? Two lines per patch?

What about 'lp --summary' that would only show the patch name and the summary? The default (plain 'lp') would stay the same.
Comment 2 Dirk Mueller 2010-04-12 09:58:13 UTC 
hmm, I mostly meant "zypper patch", i.e. when you're actually installing the update, it should list the summary of the update. 

for lp it seems it is the best idea to replace "status" with "summary" indeed. 

for zypper pch I wouldn't change anything, but an optional --summary option would be great.
Comment 3 Jan Kupec 2010-06-22 10:19:59 UTC 
Alright, i guess it makes sense to put this info into the install summary of 'zypper patch', but probably only a one line hint like "enter 'p' to view patch details" by default.

Still low priority, as have no time for this. Patches are welcome.
Comment 4 Jan Kupec 2010-06-22 10:20:13 UTC 
Alright, i guess it makes sense to put this info into the install summary of 'zypper patch', but probably only a one line hint like "enter 'p' to view patch details" by default.

Still low priority, as have no time for this. Patches are welcome.
Comment 7 Michael Andres 2012-03-23 08:15:05 UTC 
done in 12.1

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 733167 ***