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Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: guix-patches@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43477 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix-patches X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch To: zimoun Cc: Ricardo Wurmus , 43477@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 43477-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43477.16010494129580 (code B ref 43477); Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:57:02 +0000 Received: (at 43477) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2020 15:56:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45129 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLq5c-0002UR-9M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:56:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33820) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kLq5a-0002UF-6e for 43477@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:56:51 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:39249) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLq5U-00026m-GW; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:56:44 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=33094 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kLq5T-0002Ft-Qb; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:56:44 -0400 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: <20200917193931.14699-1-zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> <87v9gbtg9w.fsf@elephly.net> <87o8lv8cao.fsf@gnu.org> <87wo0i2odg.fsf@gnu.org> <87o8luf9nh.fsf@elephly.net> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 4 =?UTF-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 229 de la =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:56:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: (zimoun's message of "Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:22:25 +0200") Message-ID: <878scxkfyd.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-patches-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.51 X-TUID: dr82PSx11Hje Hi, zimoun skribis: > On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 12:10, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> > There is a "guix graph --path" which is really nice. Why not "guix >> > graph --list-nodes"? >> >> Wouldn=E2=80=99t the tree view that Ludo proposed match your use case? = You can >> still grep the output (filtering non-alphanum characters), but it would >> be more useful by default. > > I would say no. :-) You are proposing: > > guix graph -b ludo-backend | tr -dc '\0-\177' > > right? I don=E2=80=99t think so. The tree view would be a way to visualize the gr= aph, first and foremost. What I meant to say was that, if we have other use cases, we can write new commands or extend existing ones to cater to those needs. That=E2=80= =99s how =E2=80=98guix size=E2=80=99, etc. came to life. =E2=80=9CListing nodes= =E2=80=9D is not a use case per se, but rather an means to an end; let=E2=80=99s focus on the ends. :-) (Also, let=E2=80=99s avoid Unix arguments; the primary composition level in= Guix is Scheme, not byte streams on stdout.) > 2- add a mechanism to have aliases. I agree it=E2=80=99d be nice but=E2=80=A6 we=E2=80=99re drifting off-topic.= :-) Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.