it's working now, but some of the logging is very redundant

lua/dep.lua

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ return function(opts)
       M.registertree(opts)
 
       -- sort package dependencies
-      for _, package in pairs(root.get_packages()) do
+      for _, package in pairs(packager.get_packages()) do
         table.sort(package.requirements, comp)
         table.sort(package.dependents, comp)
       end

lua/dep/package.lua

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function package:new(spec, overrides)
 
   -- if the current package isn't the root package then it depends on the root
   -- package
-  if root and package ~= root then
+  if root and o ~= root then
     o:link_dependency(root, o)
   elseif not root then
     root = o
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ function package:ensureadded(force)
     self:runhooks("on_setup")
 
     -- trigger the packadd for the plugin
+    ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: param-type-mismatch
     local ok, err = pcall(vim.cmd, "packadd "..pkg.name)
     if not ok then
       return false, err
@@ -437,16 +438,19 @@ end
 ---@return boolean boolean if tree was successfully loaded
 function package:loadtree(force)
   if not self.exists or not self.enabled then
+    logger:log("load", "package %s doesn't exist or is not enabled", self.id)
     return false
   end
 
   if self.subtree_loaded then
+    logger:log("load", "package %s's subtree is already loaded", self.id)
     return true
   end
 
   if not self.lazy then
     for _, requirement in pairs(self.requirements) do
       if not requirement.loaded then
+        logger:log("load", "package %s requires %s to be loaded first", self.id, requirement.id)
         return false
       end
     end