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Package names with digits following dashes

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19219 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19219: New command-line syntax for package + version?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:27:54 +0100

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

[...]

>> Regarding the aesthetics, I’d be in favor of using @ for the version:
>
> You mean like npm...  :)

Possibly, but I’m not that proficient at npm.  ;-)  I think I’ve seen
another tool use that convention, though I don’t remember which one
(maybe Spack?).

It’s more that “guile <at> 1.8” reads like “Guile at [version] 1.8.”

>>   guile <at> 1.8
>>   guile <at> 1.8:doc
>>
>> I’m not sure if we should also allow:
>>
>>   guile:doc <at> 1.8
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I'm OK with that.  Since choosing the reserved characters is not a
> technical decision, maybe we could poll users?

Yes, why not (bikeshedding ahead! :-)).  Would you like to email
guix-devel about it?

Note that it only affects the CLI.  The Emacs and Web UIs won’t see any
difference.

Ludo’.

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