Re: New CLI syntax for package version

[Ben Woodcroft]

On 10/01/16 08:40, Federico Beffa wrote:
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
> > In <http://bugs.gnu.org/19219>, we came to the conclusion that we need a
> > new syntax to denote a specific package version on the command line.
> >
> > The current syntax is described in the manual (info "(guix) Invoking
> > guix package").  Basically, ‘guile-1.8’ refers to version 1.8.x of
> > Guile; however, this syntax has proved to be ambiguous for packages
> > whose name contains digits.
> >
> > For the new syntax, the proposals so far are:
> >
> >    1. slash, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#25>
> >
> >       guile:1.8/doc
> >       xterm-256-color:320
> >       emacs:24.5/out
> >
> >    2. underscore, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#28>
> >
> >       emacs_24.5:out
> >
> >    3. at, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#31>
> >
> >       address@hidden
> >       address@hidden:doc
> >
> > What do people think?
> My order of preference (highest preference first) is: 3., 1., 2.

Me too.
ben