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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:28:22 +0200
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Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org> writes:

> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:44:39 +0200
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote:
>
>> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>>=20
>> > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:
>> >
>> >> Dunno, I admit I=E2=80=99m not as enthusiastic as the other people he=
re.  :-)
>> >>
>> >> What would =E2=80=98guix gc=E2=80=99 (without any option) do?
>> >
>> > Show --help and exit(0)?  ;)
>>=20
>> Sure we could do that, but I=E2=80=99m not convinced it=E2=80=99s an imp=
rovement.  WDYT?
>
> FWIW, I'm not convinced either.

I think the enthusiasm for changing =E2=80=98guix gc=E2=80=99 was induced b=
y somekind of
shared experience of typing it loosely and ending up having to download
a lot of substitutes again.  So maybe we can keep =E2=80=98guix gc=E2=80=99=
 as it is but
make it interactive by listing what is going to be deleted and ask for
confirmation with a [Y/n] prompt.  This solution will also require
somekind of a =E2=80=98--force=E2=80=99 option for scripting purposes.

Does it sound better?

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Mathieu Lirzin