Re: What’s the weather like?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Vincent Legoll <address@hidden> skribis:

> I hope the "weather" naming is only temporary and will migrate
> to a better one (more descriptive) before commit.
>
> Don't get me wrong, it's a cool name, for people that already
> know about the feature. But for guix newcomers, it will be
> confusing, IMHO.

Note that it’s not meant for everyday use either.

> Not knowing what I'm talking about, I'd hazard a guess...
> guix substitute --status
> or something like that...

‘guix substitute’ exists but is an internal command.

‘guix status’ would be too vague.

Naming is hard!

Ludo’, who also has plans for a “guix health” command.  :-)