On 27.04.20 11:08, zimoun wrote: >> * There is no /etc/os-release file. I think it was proposed a while ago, >> but the patch was rejected. > > Naive question: what is useful for? > And what does it mean on rolling-release distro?
If you log into a system, its a canonical way to find out which system it is. It does fit also on rolling-release distros, we show the output the results from `guix system describe` there. >> * While installing packages via `guix install` you can't scroll in the >> terminal, you always get reset to the bottom. > > I missed what it mean. Could you quickly extend a bit? $ echo "hello" hello $ guix install emacs Then while installing emacs, try to reach the hello. It will be tricky as every new output line from `guix install emacs` will reset you to the bottom of your terminal. That's annoying. >> * guix show/search does not show if a package is installed. > > Installed where? In which profile? > I am not sure that "installed" make sense at the level of "guix show/search". It definitely does. It could show packages installed to the profile, such coming from the config.scm etc. >> * `guix search ... | less can be confusing at the beginning. > > There is room of improvements for "guix search". ;-) > > There is 3 behaviours > 1. return the N packages fitting the screen size (current: default) > 2. display all the list in PAGER (current: |less) > 3. display all the list in stdout (current: |cat) > > The feature request is: be able to configure which behaviour by > default for "guix search". Maybe via an environment variable. > (as discussed elsewhere by Ricardo and Tobias, if I understand correctly) > > > WDYT? To be honest I would like the search to behave more like `guix package -A`. Then we don't need this `less` thing. And we could add something like `guix search --expanded` which behaves like the current search. > > What user expect by default is complicated and depends on the users > themself. :-) > For example, I always pipe with 'recsel' because coming from Debian > and used to 'aptitude', I only want the name of the package and then > show more if I need; i.e., > > guix search crypto library | recel -C -P name > # optional: time to time I pipe the result with 'grep' > guix show libb2 > > Well, I find more confusing that "guix search" displays > name,synopsis,description,etc. than to pipe. So, taste and colour... > ;-) I don't think a proper search is something against KISS. And people are lazy, I don't want to type in some "| foo" stuff. $ zypper search vim | wc -l 84 $ guix package -A vim | wc -l 22 $ guix search vim | less 828 lines and you have to search again in less because you are overwhelmed So I would propose an interface like: $ guix search vim | Name | Synopsis | Version | Outputs | +---------------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+ | vim | Text editor based on vi | 8.2.0411 | out | | vim-airline | ... [...] The the search command would fulfill it's function by giving you an overview about the available options. >> * Multi user package concept not clear (root as different packages then >> normal user). > > This is related to expectation about "installed", IMHO. Yes. But can be confusing for all the people coming from traditional package managers where root and user share the same packages.
