Improve show command

poetry/console/commands/show.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ lists all packages available."""
             rows = [
                 ['<info>name</>', f' : <fg=cyan>{pkg.pretty_name}</>'],
                 ['<info>version</>', f' : <comment>{pkg.pretty_version}</>'],
+                ['<info>description</>', f' : {pkg.description}'],
             ]
 
             table.add_rows(rows)
@@ -87,14 +88,33 @@ lists all packages available."""
             return 0
 
         show_latest = self.option('latest')
-
+        terminal = self.get_application().terminal
+        width = terminal.width
+        name_length = version_length = latest_length = 0
+        latest_packages = {}
+        # Computing widths
         for locked in locked_packages:
-            row = [f'<fg=cyan>{locked.pretty_name}</>', ' ' + locked.version]
+            name_length = max(name_length, len(locked.pretty_name))
+            version_length = max(version_length, len(locked.full_pretty_version))
             if show_latest:
                 latest = self.find_latest_package(locked)
                 if not latest:
                     latest = locked
 
+                latest_packages[locked.pretty_name] = latest
+                latest_length = max(latest_length, len(latest.full_pretty_version))
+
+        write_version = name_length + version_length + 3 <= width
+        write_latest = name_length + version_length + latest_length + 3 <= width
+        write_description = name_length + version_length + latest_length + 24 <= width
+
+        for locked in locked_packages:
+            line = f'<fg=cyan>{locked.pretty_name:{name_length}}</>'
+            if write_version:
+                line += f' {locked.full_pretty_version:{version_length}}'
+            if show_latest and write_latest:
+                latest = latest_packages[locked.pretty_name]
+
                 update_status = self.get_update_status(latest, locked)
                 color = 'green'
                 if update_status == 'semver-safe-update':
@@ -102,19 +122,26 @@ lists all packages available."""
                 elif update_status == 'update-possible':
                     color = 'yellow'
 
-                row.append(f' <fg={color}>{latest.version}</>')
+                line += f' <fg={color}>{latest.version:{latest_length}}</>'
                 if self.option('outdated') and update_status == 'up-to-date':
                     continue
 
-            row.append(locked.description)
+            if write_description:
+                description = locked.description
+                remaining = width - name_length - version_length - 4
+                if show_latest:
+                    remaining -= latest_length
 
-            table.add_row(row)
+                if len(locked.description) > remaining:
+                    description = description[:remaining-3] + '...'
 
-        table.render()
+                line += ' ' + description
+
+            self.line(line)
 
     def display_package_tree(self, package, installed_repo):
         self.write(f'<info>{package.pretty_name}</info>')
-        self.line(f' {package.pretty_version}')
+        self.line(f' {package.pretty_version} {package.description}')
 
         dependencies = package.requires
         dependencies = sorted(dependencies, key=lambda x: x.name)

poetry/packages/locker.py

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class Locker:
                 info['version'],
                 info['version']
             )
+            package.description = info.get('description', '')
             package.category = info['category']
             package.optional = info['optional']
             package.hashes = lock_data['metadata']['hashes'][info['name']]
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ class Locker:
         data = {
             'name': package.pretty_name,
             'version': package.pretty_version,
+            'description': package.description,
             'category': package.category,
             'optional': package.optional,
             'python-versions': package.python_versions,

poetry/packages/package.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Package:
         self._version = version
         self._pretty_version = pretty_version or version
 
-        self._description = ''
+        self.description = ''
 
         self._stability = parse_stability(version)
         self._dev = self._stability == 'dev'
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ class Package:
         return self._pretty_version
 
     @property
-    def description(self):
-        return self._description
-
-    @property
     def unique_name(self):
         return self.name + '-' + self._version
 

poetry/repositories/legacy_repository.py

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class LegacyRepository(Repository):
         data = {
             'name': name,
             'version': version,
+            'summary': '',
             'requires_dist': requires,
             'digests': hashes
         }

poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py

@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ class PyPiRepository(Repository):
                     )
                 )
 
+            # Adding description
+            package.description = release_info.get('summary', '')
+
             # Adding hashes information
             package.hashes = release_info['digests']
 
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ class PyPiRepository(Repository):
         data = {
             'name': info['name'],
             'version': info['version'],
+            'summary': info['summary'],
             'platform': info['platform'],
             'requires_dist': info['requires_dist'],
             'requires_python': info['requires_python'],