[Synaptic-devel] feature request: show only installed reverse dependencies

[Anton Roeder]

Hello,

I am using Synaptic on knoppix, which is debian-based, and I'm missing a 
certain feature:

When viewing the reverse dependencies of a package (i.e. the packages 
that depend on that package) it would be helpful to see only those 
packages that are actually installed on the system.

This makes sense when using certain Distributions (like knoppix) which 
bring a lot of unneeded packages. This way one could easily check 
whether a package is vital to the system or not, making it easier to 
maintain a somewhat cleaner setup (although I agree that it's better to 
build your own :o)).

I hope this request hasn't been made yet, I couldn't find it in the 
archive, so I'm making it here.

Greetings and cheerful holidays to everybody,

Anton Roeder