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Re: Reorganizing guix package commands
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Alex Kost |
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Re: Reorganizing guix package commands |
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Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:52:00 +0300 |
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Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-18 20:20 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I've just sent a message to bug#22587¹, but I realized it is better to
>> discuss it here in a separate thread.
>>
>> So, I think there are inconsistencies in guix commands. For example, we
>> have "guix system build" to build a system, but "guix build" to build a
>> package. IMO "guix package build" would be a better choice.
>>
>> In general, I think it would be good to move package commands inside
>> "guix package", e.g, to make "guix package lint", "guix package size",
>> etc.
>
> Why not consider “package” to be the default word? :-)
Interesting, but why do we need to have "guix package" at all? Let's
just use "guix --install", etc. (This is not what I suggest :-))
> I can see how adding “package” everywhere helps categorize things
> mentally, but as a user interface, I think it would be rather bad.
As a user, I think it would be rather good. (This is just my user opinion)
> Also, it’s not that simple: “guix size” can take a store item instead of
> a package name, “guix graph” cannot do it yet but it would be useful if
> it could (“guix graph -t references $(readlink -f /run/current-system)”),
> etc.
Hm, OK, I'm not sure, but let's leave "graph" and "size" alone for now.
> I still think that having aliases like “guix install” as Andy proposed
> long ago would be useful, though I never started working on it.
I agree! Except I think they should be inside "guix package":
guix package install ...
guix package remove ...
As for the transactional operations (I mean remove/install in one
command), I think we can do it in a separate "guix profile" command:
guix profile --install ... --remove ...
> There are probably other improvements to do around “guix package” (maybe
> turning some of its options into separate sub-commands as was suggested
> before.) All we need is a clear view of where we’re going and patches. :-)
Here is the summary of the changes I think it would be good to have:
| Replace this: | With this: |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------|
| guix build | guix package build |
| guix edit | guix package definition¹ |
| guix import | guix package import |
| guix lint | guix package lint |
| guix refresh | guix package refresh |
| guix package --show | guix package show |
| guix package --search | guix package search |
| guix package --list-available | guix package list |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------|
| guix package --list-generations | guix profile --list-generations |
| guix package --list-installed | guix profile --list-installed |
| guix package --delete-generations | guix profile --delete-generations |
| guix package --switch-generations | guix profile --switch-generations |
| guix package --roll-back | guix profile --roll-back |
| guix package --manifest | guix profile --manifest |
¹ "edit" name is confusing: <http://bugs.gnu.org/22587>
Maybe instead of --list-generations and others, these options should
transform into subcommands (list-generations) of "guix profile".
--
Alex
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, (continued)
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/18
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, John Darrington, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Thompson, David, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, John Darrington, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Alex Kost, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/04/19
- Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands,
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Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Hartmut Goebel, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Alex Kost, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, John Darrington, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, myglc2, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/04/19
Re: Reorganizing guix package commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/04/19