Re: Improve the output of `guix refresh -l`

[Zhu Zihao]

Couldn't agree more :)

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:
>
>> Zhu Zihao schreef op do 17-03-2022 om 18:22 [+0800]:
>>> for example, run `guix refresh -l pango`, The terminal prints:
>>> 
>>> ```
>>> Building the following 2945 packages would ensure 7521 dependent
>>> packages are rebuilt: ......<long long package list>
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> The package list is too long to read, flood my terminal with package
>>> names. It will hide the actual rebuilt count, I have to pipe the
>>> output
>>> to less command to make sure I can see it.
>>> 
>>> What about add an option like `--detail` for `guix refresh -l`?
>>
>> The short option '-l' is a shorthand for the long option
>> '--list-dependents'.  It seems to me that '--list-dependents' should
>> actually list the dependents, so I would not do that, otherwise the
>> option name would (by itself) not correspond to its behaviour anymore.
>
> Maybe it could use ‘fill-paragraph’ and
> ‘call-with-paginated-output-port’ so that it’s less annoying?
>
>> Maybe something like a '--count-dependents' option would be nice
>> though.
>
> That too, and/or ‘--direct-dependents’ (sometimes it’s good enough).
>
> Another option would be a ‘guix refresh’ mode that automatically
> rebuilds the updated package and its direct dependents.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Ludo’.


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