Add comments to .dep files

[bmarkus]

Would be good the possibilty to have comments in .dep files, for example lines starting with # It would make testing easier. Not a must have, but I would love it

[AbNoRMiS]

it seems that also would be nice to add comments to onboot.lst
although it is not such necessary as in case of dep-files

[roberts]

Such a change would break existing systems.

[AbNoRMiS]

it can not break whole system
but only those extension(s) for which comments will be entered manually
i have long been use # to temporarily disabling extensions in onboot.lst
after that error is displayed and booting continues without commented extension(s)
but in the case of dep-files this would not involve disable tested dependencies
because loading of tested extension stops generally in this case

[bmarkus]

Such a change would break existing systems.

Can be introduced now and used with locally edited files and use in repo with Core 5.x Just an idea

[Rudock1]

Hi all,

I realize this is a very old thread but it perfectly fits my question and sounds like an unresolved topic.  My apologies if opening a new topic would have been better.

Has there been a method introduced since then which allows adding comment lines to a dep file?

thx
Billy

[Juanito]

No such method was introduced as far as I know.

[neonix]

Why do you want that feature? There's .info file already.

[Rich]

Hi neonix

Why do you want that feature? There's .info file already.

If the load order of some extensions is important, you might want to add a comment in the  onboot.lst  file stating so.
It would be a simple way to selectively block certain extensions from loading when troubleshooting a problem, as opposed to
removing the names from the list and keeping track of what you removed.