GNU bug report logs - #22587
"guix edit" name may be confusing

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Message #47 received at 22587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22587: ‘guix edit’ &
 ‘M-x guix-edit' typo, rename, & mode change
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:31:07 +0200

Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-19 13:50 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-18 20:41 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems to me that this bug has no clear purpose, or too broad a
>>>> purpose, or something.
>>>>
>>>> Could you retitle it, or close it, or fix it, whichever is appropriate?
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Was it for me?
>>
>> ‘To whom it may concern’.  :-)
>>
>>> I think the main purpose of this report was to tell us that "edit"
>>> name is confusing.  So I would retitle it to "Rename 'guix edit' as it
>>> is confusing".  But I don't know how; can it be done by sending some
>>> control message?
>>
>> Yes, using the ‘retitle’ command, described somewhere at
>> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/Developer.html>.
>
> Sorry, I don't see any mention of 'retitle' there, also I don't find
> retitle control message while using emacs-debbugs package.

Sorry, it’s at <http://debbugs.gnu.org/server-control.html>.

>> However, I think (1) the title should describe the bug, not the
>> solution, and (2) ‘guix edit’ does what it says IMO, even if it can
>> occasionally stumble upon read-only files.
>
> OK, well I don't know what to do with it then.  What about the following
> title: «"guix edit" name may be confusing»?

Perfect! :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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