Re: New ‘guix graph’ command

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

Maybe we should have both. I like the current version because it reads
logically from a *users* perspective. E.g.

  http://dthompson.us/images/guix/ruby-pg-graph.png

ruby-pg depends on postgresql 9.3.8, depends on zlib 1.2.7. Logical.

Pj.

On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 08:55:46PM +0000, Cook, Malcolm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I like the request.
> 
> I think the dependent packages should be pointed to.
> 
> In this way, each node in the graph and its outgoing arrows reflect the contents of a single package.
> 
> ~Malco
> 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: guix-devel-bounces+mec=stowers.org@gnu.org [mailto:guix-devel-
>  > bounces+mec=stowers.org@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Ludovic Courtès
>  > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 3:47 PM
>  > To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
>  > Cc: Guix-devel <Guix-devel@gnu.org>
>  > Subject: Re: New ‘guix graph’ command
>  > 
>  > Hey!
>  > 
>  > Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
>  > 
>  > > Very neat indeed! A tiny bit of nitpicking: Would it not be preferable
>  > > if the arrows were reversed, from the inputs to the dependent packages?
>  > 
>  > Dunno, maybe the graph people would choose the other direction but I like it
>  > this way, looks more “intuitive” to me.  What do people think?
>  > 
>  > Ludo’.
> 

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