From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] guix package: add a "show" option.
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:32:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvi5aqry.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1405277641-2891-1-git-send-email-tipecaml@gmail.com> (Cyril Roelandt's message of "Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:54:01 +0200")
Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> skribis:
> + (for-each (lambda (p)
> + (format #t "Package: ~a\n\
> +Version: ~a\n\
> +Description: ~a\n\
> +Depends: ~a\n\
> +Homepage: ~a\n\
> +License: ~a\n~%"
> + (package-name p)
> + (package-version p)
> + (package-description p)
> + (string-join (map car (package-direct-inputs p)) ", ")
> + (package-home-page p)
> + (license-name (package-license p))))
No strong opinion, but this seems a bit redundant with ‘--search’, for
example:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix package -s guile | recsel -e 'name = "guile-cairo"'
name: guile-cairo
version: 1.4.1
location: gnu/packages/gtk.scm:424:2
homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/guile-cairo/
license: LGPL 3+
synopsis: Cairo bindings for GNU Guile
description: Guile-Cairo wraps the Cairo graphics library for Guile Scheme.
+ Guile-Cairo is complete, wrapping almost all of the Cairo API. It is API
+ stable, providing a firm base on which to do graphics work. Finally, and
+ importantly, it is pleasant to use. You get a powerful and well-maintained
+ graphics library with all of the benefits of Scheme: memory management,
+ exceptions, macros, and a dynamic programming environment.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
One advantage is that ‘--show’ is restricted to exact package name
matches.
WDYT?
Besides, if ‘--show’ were to be added, it should be implemented in terms
of ‘package->recutils’ like ‘--search’.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-13 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-13 18:54 [PATCH] guix package: add a "show" option Cyril Roelandt
2014-07-13 21:32 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2014-07-14 8:41 ` Andreas Enge
2014-07-14 8:47 ` Alex Sassmannshausen
2014-07-14 9:03 ` John Darrington
2014-07-15 21:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-17 0:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] guix ui: add the "depends" field to package->recutils: Cyril Roelandt
2014-07-17 0:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] guix package: add a "show" option Cyril Roelandt
2014-07-17 23:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-17 23:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] guix ui: add the "depends" field to package->recutils: Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-20 23:48 ` [PATCH v3 " Cyril Roelandt
2014-07-21 15:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-20 23:49 ` [PATCH v2 " Cyril Roelandt
2014-07-21 15:53 ` Ludovic Courtès
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