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Subject: bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l"
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:17:36 +0100
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To: Roel Janssen <roel@moefel.org>
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Hi,

Thanks for the report.

Roel Janssen <roel@moefel.org> skribis:

> I'd like the output of a command like "guix package -l" to be tabbed
> preserving all columns.
>
> An example output of the current version:
> Generation 68	dec 18 2013 12:46:45	(current)
>   make  4.0     out     /nix/store/...
>   automake      1.14	out     /nix/store/...
>   ...
>
> What I would like to see:
>   make          4.0     out     /nix/store/...
>   automake      1.14    out     /nix/store/...
>   ...
>
> The same applies for the output of "guix package -I" and "guix package
> -A"

As discussed on IRC, the rationale (for -I and -A) was to have something
both human-readable and processable=E2=80=93that is, one can pipe it through
=E2=80=98cut=E2=80=99 and extract the data.  I think that=E2=80=99s an impo=
rtant property, for a
Unix command-line tool.

Now, ideally, =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99 would be just one of the user =
interfaces,
with others being more user-oriented than command-oriented (see TODO)...

What do you think?

Ludo=E2=80=99.