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From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
Cc: 36594@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36594: No hint for missing argument
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:41:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871ryvf0k4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190711234519.10ba7cfb@sybil.lepiller.eu> (Julien Lepiller's message of "Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:45:19 +0200")

Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> skribis:

> Le Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:40:58 +0200,
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> a écrit :

[...]

>> Currently it says:
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> $ guix build --help | grep -e -verbo
>>   -v, --verbosity=LEVEL  use the given verbosity LEVEL
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> We could add “an integer between 0 and 2”, but this was left
>> non-explicit in case we eventually extend it to -7 to +42.
>> 
>> Maybe there’s a limit on what we can do to help users?  :-)
>> 
>> Ludo’.
>
> If users have no idea what value to use though, they just won't use the
> feature...

What about:

  use the given verbosity LEVEL, an integer

?

If that’s fine with you, please push!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

      reply	other threads:[~2019-07-12 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-11  9:49 bug#36594: No hint for missing argument Julien Lepiller
2019-07-11 20:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-07-11 21:45   ` Julien Lepiller
2019-07-12 20:41     ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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