Guix Packaging Meetup - This Saturday from 14:00 EST (18:00 PM UTC)

[jgart]

Hi Guixers!

I'd like to invite you to another guix packaging meetup this Saturday, Aug 28 
at 18:00 PM UTC.

We'll meet this time on jitsi. 

The url for the room is https://meet.jit.si/guix

Hope to see you there!

jgart

delete-generations or --delete-generations?

[Raghav Gururajan]

Hello Guix!

Why there is no '--' prefix to 'delete-generations' for `guix system`, 
when there is for `guix pull` and `guix package`?


Regards,
RG.


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Re: delete-generations or --delete-generations?

[Jack Hill]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, Raghav Gururajan wrote:


Hello Guix!

Why there is no '--' prefix to 'delete-generations' for `guix system`, when 
there is for `guix pull` and `guix package`?


Raghav,

I don't know (but I'll speculate in a bit), but it's not just 
delete-generations. All of the guix system subcommands (e.g. init, 
reconfigure, list-generations) are like that. I suspect this is due to the 
organization of all these system-related subcommands under one top level 
command. These subcommands are different than options like --no-substittue 
and --keep-failed.


I do see what you mean by it being organized a little bit differently than 
the other guix commands though. I guess it would be closer if there were a 
guix system generations subcommand with --delete --list etc. options. I 
have no opinion if this would make sense the implement though.


Hope that helps,
Jack