These are the packages I installed on my T460 for general dev usage, with an X environment, UEFI booting via refind.
refind-efi openssh xf86-input-libinput plasma-desktop xorg-server
xf86-video-intel xorg-xinitxorg-apps kdebase
chromium kde-applications-meta sddm sddm-kcm powertop
kwallet-pam keepassx git tk nodejs postgresql npm tmux firefox
wget base-devel expac yajl jdk8-openjdk openjdk8-src openjdk8-doc
terminus-font zsh ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu whois
libreoffice-fresh libreoffice-fresh-en-GB steam gvim lua kdevelop
From the AUR I installed
cower pacaur dropbox
and then I removed…
nano pcmciautils reiserfsprogs