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You're missing the point, it's not about the longopts. install is a command, not an option of a command.

• davexunit 12y ago
  Install is not a command, it's a possible transaction type of 'guix package'. Since Guix is transactional, it's perfectly valid to install and remove software at the same time: guix package -i emacs -r zile
  • zimbatm 12y ago
    I suppose you could see it like that although I don't see the use of it. Why not just have straight-forward commands like `guix install` `guix uninstall` `guix search` `guix update`
    • dllthomas 12y ago
      It's going to be much easier to read something like the above, guix package -i emacs -r zile than your alternative: guix package install emacs remove zile Bear in mind that a transaction could get arbitrarily long.
      • astrodust 12y ago
        "Much easier" obviously means something different for you. So many utilities have "-r" meaning "recursive", for example, so it requires a real mental shift to think of it in these terms. Describing transactions with arguments seems clunky at best.
        • dllthomas 12y ago
          "Much easier" because you can quickly tell the difference between a package you're installing or removing, versus the action to be taken with the package - as opposed to a bunch of strings of the form [a-z0-9]+ that you can't scan and need to actually read.