GNU bug report logs - #47911
Improving the package outputs UI

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Message #15 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon <at> disroot.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, 47911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47911: Package outputs should be described in the UI
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:42:17 -0400

Leo Famulari writes:

> At least once a month I have to help somebody on IRC who didn't notice
> that our Git package is split into multiple outputs.
>
> They can't find `git send-email`, and the Guix package UI doesn't make
> this clear enough.
>
> I had the idea that package outputs besides 'out' and 'debug' should
> have very brief descriptions that are exposed in `guix show` and `guix
> search` and the `guix package` equivalents.

I ran into this issue when I started using Guix.

I like this idea.

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