Track the Date and time a mod is added/last updated

[vibrantrida]

The problem

Sometimes while working on a modpack I forget what mod I just added or which mod I haven't updated yet

My solutions

Adding a date added and date last modified right next to each mod will help, maybe sorting by date will serve modpack developers well too?

[theRookieCoder]

Is there any advantage to this over looking at the file creation dates in a file manager? Also how are you creating modpacks using ferium? Do you have some sort of script to transform a profile into a manifest?

[vibrantrida]

I don't see why I should use another program when Ferium is supposed to be a mod manager which in my opinion should already have this functionality. I am using Ferium in my modpack development to quickly swap mods in and out without ever touching CurseForge (unless I have to), I don't really need a script since I have my own custom launcher for my modpack which doesn't rely on a manifest of some kind, I only have to put the mods in their folders (which Ferium does) and it will be good to go.

[theRookieCoder]

Huh alright, I think I should clarify that ferium is in between a downloader and a manager.

The problem I had is how should this be implemented, i.e. where should it show the date?

[vibrantrida]

I think it would be appropriate to be displayed in the verbose list view

[theRookieCoder]

Unfortunately, I don't think this feature makes sense to implement. Firstly, this is much more difficult to implement than you think because the mods in the profile and the files in the output directory are not linked at all. And as I previously mentioned, this is a very niche feature, and it's very easy to just use the file manager/ls to see when files were last downloaded.