Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > In <http://bugs.gnu.org/19219>, we came to the conclusion that we need a > new syntax to denote a specific package version on the command line. > > The current syntax is described in the manual (info "(guix) Invoking > guix package"). Basically, ‘guile-1.8’ refers to version 1.8.x of > Guile; however, this syntax has proved to be ambiguous for packages > whose name contains digits. > > For the new syntax, the proposals so far are: > > 1. slash, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#25> > > guile:1.8/doc > xterm-256-color:320 > emacs:24.5/out
That’s really “colon”, rather than “slash”. The slash is used to separate the output, which reminds me of paths. > 2. underscore, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#28> > > emacs_24.5:out I do not like this one. > 3. at, <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19219#31> > > guile@1.8 > guile@1.8:doc I like the “@” because it reads as “guile at [version] 1.8”. A colon to separate the output name from the rest works just as well as a slash (proposed above); I have no preference here. ~~ Ricardo
