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Re: New CLI syntax for package version
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Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
Re: New CLI syntax for package version |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:32:06 +0100 |
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mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 24.5.1 |
Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> 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
That’s really “colon”, rather than “slash”. The slash is used to
separate the output, which reminds me of paths.
> 2. underscore, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#28>
>
> emacs_24.5:out
I do not like this one.
> 3. at, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#31>
>
> address@hidden
> address@hidden:doc
I like the address@hidden because it reads as “guile at [version] 1.8”. A
colon to
separate the output name from the rest works just as well as a slash
(proposed above); I have no preference here.
~~ Ricardo
- New CLI syntax for package version, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/09
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- Re: New CLI syntax for package version,
Ricardo Wurmus <=
- Re: New CLI syntax for package version, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/12
- Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/12
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ben Woodcroft, 2016/01/20
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Leo Famulari, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Leo Famulari, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/01/21
- Re: Version numbers for VCS snapshots, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/01/21