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Re: New CLI syntax for package version
From: |
Federico Beffa |
Subject: |
Re: New CLI syntax for package version |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Jan 2016 23:40:21 +0100 |
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> In <http://bugs.gnu.org/19219>, we came to the conclusion that we need a
> new syntax to denote a specific package version on the command line.
>
> The current syntax is described in the manual (info "(guix) Invoking
> guix package"). Basically, ‘guile-1.8’ refers to version 1.8.x of
> Guile; however, this syntax has proved to be ambiguous for packages
> whose name contains digits.
>
> For the new syntax, the proposals so far are:
>
> 1. slash, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#25>
>
> guile:1.8/doc
> xterm-256-color:320
> emacs:24.5/out
>
> 2. underscore, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#28>
>
> emacs_24.5:out
>
> 3. at, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#31>
>
> address@hidden
> address@hidden:doc
>
> What do people think?
My order of preference (highest preference first) is: 3., 1., 2.
Regards,
Fede
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Re: New CLI syntax for package version,
Federico Beffa <=