Deprecating port list

[Jeremy Lavergne]

>> I should like to think that we should mimic other port systems ---
>> what methods do they commonly have available?
>
> But what should 'port list' do in your opinion? We can try to fix the
> existing command. But in its current form, it causes too much  
> confusion.

For "port list" specifically, I would expect a listing of package  
names and package versions with an indication that it's out of date  
--- much like port outdated.  I suggest we then throw in an additional  
third column indicating the status of that specific version.  Here's  
an example:

xorg-xproto                    7.0.14_1 < 7.0.15_0       (active)
xorg-xproto                    7.0.14_0 < 7.0.15_0       (inactive)

You'll note that I demonstrate what I feel should happen if there's  
more than one port installed.

As for what's confusing, I feel we have too many commands available  
that overlap on naming.  I think it would be a good idea to either  
consolidate or rename these functions.  Since I'm talking about  
mimicking other port systems (for better or worse) I would expect  
"list" to provide the basic listings we provide from other functions  
as submethods:
list all
list available
list updates
list installed
list extras
list obsoletes
list recent

I would expect the searching ability to included on all these (e.g.,  
list updates foo*).

Feel free to throw more ideas onto this or pull some out; by no means  
should I be the only person driving MacPorts!

>> I happen to be familiar with yum: install, update, check-update,
>> remove, list, info , provides, whatprovides, clean, makecache,  
>> search,
>> shell, resolvedep, deplist, repolist, help
>>
>> Should we pick one system and go with it (or did we and I missed that
>> memo)?
>
> I don't see a reason to tie ourself to a specific other system. We are
> getting new users coming from all different platforms.
>
> Would you expect MacPorts to have Super Cow Powers? ;-)

sudo apt-get moo
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