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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:19:59 +0300
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To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Mathieu Lirzin (2015-12-31 01:45 +0300) wrote:

> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:
>
>> I had to think a lot because that=E2=80=99s a big change (technically si=
mple I
>> think, but it=E2=80=99s the change of UI and habits that=E2=80=99s bigge=
r ;-)).  I came
>> to the conclusion that it=E2=80=99s probably a necessary thing.
>
> Sure, such change should not be made lightly.
>
>> Regarding the aesthetics, I=E2=80=99d be in favor of using @ for the ver=
sion:
>
> You mean like npm...  :)
>
>>   guile@1.8
>>   guile@1.8:doc
>>
>> I=E2=80=99m not sure if we should also allow:
>>
>>   guile:doc@1.8
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I'm OK with that.  Since choosing the reserved characters is not a
> technical decision, maybe we could poll users?

I'm for the polling (but how should it be organized?)  I don't really
like "@" character.

--=20
Alex