Suggestion: include configs from /etc/pacman.d by default
Some apps provide special directories for config drop-ins, and pacman has such too - /etc/pacman.d. But current default pacman.conf does not include anything from it.
I think it could be a good idea to add such line by default:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/*.conf
It allows to keep the pacman.conf intact, which makes updates much easier, as you don't need to analyze and merge pacman.conf.pacnew.
Edited by Hanabishi Recca