From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version? Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:19:59 +0300 Message-ID: <87vb7ff2s0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20141129203122.GA15720@debian> <87ppbws61p.fsf@gnu.org> <874mfssrxd.fsf@gnu.org> <87si3ah1d1.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9jblks4.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2o7h3ux.fsf@gnu.org> <8737uu9pro.fsf@gnu.org> <87oad8vxkx.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <87io3fo8sl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44873) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEYTr-0002ub-A5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:21:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEYTm-0002cE-AQ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:21:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43306) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEYTm-0002cA-7j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:21:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aEYTm-0004WU-0f for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:21:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87io3fo8sl.fsf@gnu.org> (Mathieu Lirzin's message of "Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:45:14 +0100") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Mathieu Lirzin Cc: 19219@debbugs.gnu.org Mathieu Lirzin (2015-12-31 01:45 +0300) wrote: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > >> I had to think a lot because that=E2=80=99s a big change (technically si= mple I >> think, but it=E2=80=99s the change of UI and habits that=E2=80=99s bigge= r ;-)). I came >> to the conclusion that it=E2=80=99s probably a necessary thing. > > Sure, such change should not be made lightly. > >> Regarding the aesthetics, I=E2=80=99d be in favor of using @ for the ver= sion: > > You mean like npm... :) > >> guile@1.8 >> guile@1.8:doc >> >> I=E2=80=99m 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'm for the polling (but how should it be organized?) I don't really like "@" character. --=20 Alex