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bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?
From: |
Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version? |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:16:31 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:45:14PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
> > I had to think a lot because that’s a big change (technically simple I
> > think, but it’s the change of UI and habits that’s bigger ;-)). I came
> > to the conclusion that it’s probably a necessary thing.
>
> Sure, such change should not be made lightly.
>
> > Regarding the aesthetics, I’d be in favor of using @ for the version:
>
> You mean like npm... :)
>
> > address@hidden
> > address@hidden:doc
> >
> > I’m not sure if we should also allow:
> >
> > guile:address@hidden
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> I'm OK with that. Since choosing the reserved characters is not a
> technical decision, maybe we could poll users?
I think we should poll a big list of packages and see which characters
are most safe to use.
The question is: which big list? Debian's?
>
> --
> Mathieu Lirzin
>
>
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- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Mathieu Lirzin, 2015/12/08
- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/12/10
- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Mathieu Lirzin, 2015/12/21
- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/12/21
- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Mathieu Lirzin, 2015/12/22
- bug#19219: Package names with digits following dashes, Alex Kost, 2015/12/23
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/12/30
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Mathieu Lirzin, 2015/12/30
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?,
Leo Famulari <=
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Efraim Flashner, 2015/12/31
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Alex Kost, 2015/12/31
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/12/31
- bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?, Christopher Allan Webber, 2015/12/31