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

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Date:
2025-07-20 14:19:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1109590#5
Date:
2025-07-20 14:17:23 UTC
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To:
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