Re: Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean?

2023-02-27 Thread Simon Tournier
Hi, On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 21:31, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > I, personally, would welcome breaking their scripts—in exchange > for adding a ‘--format=’ option like > we already do for ‘guix search’. A real API that's actually > reliable and supportable. I think that's fair. Well,

Re: Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean?

2023-02-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Rodrigo Morales 写道: Thanks! That's what I was looking for. I'm glad to hear it! A related question: I didn't understand the part "retain backwards compatibility with isatty/stderr/etc." First of all: I worded this poorly, as is my wont. I should have said ‘by using’ instead of ‘with’.

Re: Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean?

2023-02-26 Thread Rodrigo Morales
Thanks! That's what I was looking for. A related question: I didn't understand the part "retain backwards compatibility with isatty/stderr/etc." and I'm curious about that. I suppose that you mean that "guix package -I" doesn't show the column names to maintain backward compatibility with isatty,

Re: Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean?

2023-02-26 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Hi Rodrigo, Rodrigo Morales 写道: Inexperienced GUIX user here. I have a question. What's the formal names for the information presented in the columns shown by `guix package -I'? (see example of output below) I answered this question on IRC as well, so I'll just be lazy & paste my answer

Newbie user question: What do the columns shown by "guix package -I" mean?

2023-02-26 Thread Rodrigo Morales
Inexperienced GUIX user here. I have a question. What's the formal names for the information presented in the columns shown by `guix package -I'? (see example of output below) As I'm learning how to use Guix, I'm taking notes so I want to make sure that I'm using the correct names in my notes. By