From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Cc: 19219@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:16:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151231011631.GB23122@jasmine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87io3fo8sl.fsf@gnu.org>
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:45:14PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
> > I had to think a lot because that’s a big change (technically simple I
> > think, but it’s the change of UI and habits that’s bigger ;-)). I came
> > to the conclusion that it’s probably a necessary thing.
>
> Sure, such change should not be made lightly.
>
> > Regarding the aesthetics, I’d be in favor of using @ for the version:
>
> You mean like npm... :)
>
> > guile@1.8
> > guile@1.8:doc
> >
> > I’m 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 think we should poll a big list of packages and see which characters
are most safe to use.
The question is: which big list? Debian's?
>
> --
> Mathieu Lirzin
>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-31 1:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-29 20:31 bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes Andreas Enge
2014-12-06 23:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-08 18:42 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-12-10 13:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-21 18:27 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-12-21 21:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-22 21:23 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-12-23 8:05 ` Alex Kost
2015-12-30 14:07 ` bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version? Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-30 22:45 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-12-31 1:16 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2015-12-31 8:09 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-01-01 15:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-01 21:25 ` Leo Famulari
2016-01-01 21:45 ` Leo Famulari
2016-01-02 3:18 ` carl hansen
2015-12-31 8:19 ` Alex Kost
2015-12-31 11:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-31 16:26 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-01-01 20:36 ` Andreas Enge
2016-01-09 3:04 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-01-18 8:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-18 8:31 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-03-02 21:10 ` Mathieu Lirzin
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