From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0@n0.is Subject: Re: new alias: `guix show`? Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:50:57 +0000 Message-ID: <20190718095057.2rdynd4ewl2y3vg7@uptimegirl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49026) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho34L-00004w-B9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ho34K-0006YH-Fx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:21 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:36470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ho34K-0006VO-9M for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:51:20 -0400 Received: from [10.9.9.203] (helo=mailfront21.runbox) by mailtransmit02.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ho34G-0002cQ-6E for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:51:16 +0200 Received: by mailfront21.runbox with esmtpsa (uid:892961 ) (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) id 1ho33x-0006gd-Vu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:50:58 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Guix Devel zimoun transcribed 113 bytes: > Dear, > > What do you think about adding `guix show` as an alias for `guix > package --show=`? I would consider how many subcommands there are already, and if this is really necessary beyond mere convenience. Does it serve just one function (just the alias), or could it be expanded to more? etc. > All the best, > simon >