On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > swedebugia@riseup.net skribis: > > > The current output is: > > > > --on-error=STRATEGY apply STRATEGY when an error occurs while reading > > FILE > > FWIW I think it’s reasonable for ‘--help’ to be generally more concise > than the manual. We could list the possible strategies here, but that > might clutter the output more than is desirable. > > > Additionally we now have so many commands in the help pages of guix > > system and guix build that it would be nice to present them in a more > > readable/categorized way. > > > > Would a patches for improvement in these areas be accepted? > > Improvements are always welcome of course. The main criterion would be > to remain consistent with the rest of Guix and with GNU conventions that > we follow. Maybe it’s best to discuss what you have in mind first? > > Thank you, > Ludo’. > I'd go with (one of: nothing-special, backtrace, debug) with the assumption that for more information the manual is more verbose. I also just noticed that we have 'man guix-system', which could be more verbose on the subject without needing to fit in a concise output. -- Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted