Re: Generation 0

[Ludovic Courtès]

Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> skribis:

> I think we should change ‘--list-generations’ to not output the zeroth
> generation.  Even though it could be present in the profile, users
> shouldn’t be concerned about it.

Agreed.

> Currently, ‘--delete-generations’ ignores the zeroth generation.  Other
> options seem even more confusing:
>
> 1. If you don’t have any other generations and delete it, profile
>    couldn’t point to anything.
>
> 2. If you delete it along with the profile, users might be confused (or
>    angry).
>
> WDYT?

I think it should be impossible to remove Generation 0 through the
command-line tools, because that generation exists precisely so that the
profile always points to something valid.

So yes, ‘--delete-generations’ must ignore Generation 0.

Ludo’.