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Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:55:29 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Tournier To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice , Rodrigo Morales Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Subject: Re: Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean? In-Reply-To: <87h6v8up7g.fsf@nckx> References: <87lekkur9w.fsf@nckx> <87h6v8up7g.fsf@nckx> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:53:31 +0100 Message-ID: <861qmbz8es.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::331; envelope-from=zimon.toutoune@gmail.com; helo=mail-wm1-x331.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: X-Migadu-Queue-Id: E2972176D2 X-Spam-Score: -5.01 X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.01 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-TUID: fBz032w5xfFZ Hi, On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 21:31, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > I, personally, would welcome breaking their scripts=E2=80=94in exchange=20 > for adding a =E2=80=98--format=3D=E2=80=99 op= tion like=20 > we already do for =E2=80=98guix search=E2=80=99. A real API that's actua= lly=20 > reliable and supportable. I think that's fair. Well, that=E2=80=99s something I would like since a very long time. Well, I even probably started somewhere an extension as replacement. By , do you mean some placeholders? > I just think I'd be outvoted and don't feel like starting a fight=20 > :-) That=E2=80=99s why extension. :-) It would avoid the fight and in the same= time it would help in designing such API allowing experimental breakage. Well, I would also welcome this --format=3D. :-) Cheers, simon