GNU bug report logs - #34184
Nitpick on reconfigure message: Installing for i386-pc platform.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:23:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 34184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34184: Nitpick on reconfigure message: Installing for i386-pc platform.
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:46:22 -0500

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:27:26PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Maybe we should
> 
> 1) prefix messages from other tools with the name of the tool, and
> 2) hide these tool messages by default behind descriptive messages like
> “installing bootloader”

Yes, absolutely. We just had another person ask about this on IRC.

It may not be the most important thing to fix overall, but it's one of
the first things people see when starting with a Guix system so it is
important.

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