On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 09:00:41PM +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > Marc Espie <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 09:40:32PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > >> Antoine Jacoutot: > >> > >> > Why not just: > >> > > >> > # pkg_add -v rsync chromium emacs--no_x11 > >> > > >> > So we don't have to change it each release? > >> > >> Because people won't let Emacs 21 die. > >> > >> Ambiguous: choose package for emacs--no_x11 > >> a 0: <None> > >> 1: emacs-21.4p37-no_x11 > >> 2: emacs-25.1p3-no_x11 > >> Your choice: > > > > pkg_add -v rsync chromium emacs--no_x11%emacs > > Omitting the version, adding a flavor and specifying a branch is a bit > verbose IMHO. Like Antoine, I'd prefer if we stopped listing emacs > here.
Think about it. In one line, you explain to people how to do this kind of thing, so that noobs get to figure out how to get to flavors and branches without specifying version numbers. Is that a win or a loss ?
