Re: Reorganizing guix package commands

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:29:25AM +0200, Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer wrote:
>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>> 
>> >> Maybe instead of --list-generations and others, these options should
>> >> transform into subcommands (list-generations) of "guix profile".
>> >
>> > I agree.  But what should we do of transactions?
>> 
>> I'd like to re-propose the use of '--' to delineate the end of arguments
>> to a sub-command.  E.g.:
>> 
>>   guix install foo bar -- remove baz bat
>> 
>> (Leaving aside whether it's 'guix install', 'guix package install',
>> 'guix profile add', or anything else.)
>> 
>> Taylan
>> 
>
> Currently you can already call
>
>     guix package -i foo bar -r baz

Right, that works when install/remove are switches.  My proposal was
meant in the context of making them sub-commands instead of switches.

Taylan