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Hi!

[=E2=80=A6]

>>>    1. slash, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D3D19219#=
25>
>>>
>>>       guile:1.8/doc
>>>       xterm-256-color:320
>>>       emacs:24.5/out
>>>
>>>    2. underscore, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D3D1=
921=3D
>9#28>
>>>
>>>       emacs_24.5:out
>>>
>>>    3. at, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D3D19219#31>
>>>
>>>       guile@1.8
>>>       guile@1.8:doc
>>>
>>> What do people think?
>> My order of preference (highest preference first) is: 3., 1., 2.
>
> Me too.
> ben

The problem I see with 3. is that the mailing list archives will detect t=
he
package names (with versions, ie the whole strings like =E2=80=98guile@1.=
8=E2=80=99) as email
addresses, and hide them, by replacing them with =E2=80=98address@hidden=E2=
=80=99.  As an
example, here=E2=80=99s the mail I replied to:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-01/msg00343.html

If it wasn=E2=80=99t for this problem, my order of preference would be 3-=
1-2 too.

Thanks for the effort, by the way. :)