Re: New CLI syntax for package version

[Federico Beffa]

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.

Regards,
Fede