From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jul 12 16:41:24 2019 Received: (at 36594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2019 20:41:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40788 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm2M7-0004ga-Ns for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:41:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:52325) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hm2M6-0004gP-Mk for 36594@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:41:23 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hm2M1-0002Zg-0U; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:41:17 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=53172 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hm2M0-0004om-KY; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:41:16 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Julien Lepiller Subject: Re: bug#36594: No hint for missing argument References: <87v9w8pan9.fsf@gnu.org> <20190711234519.10ba7cfb@sybil.lepiller.eu> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 24 Messidor an 227 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:41:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20190711234519.10ba7cfb@sybil.lepiller.eu> (Julien Lepiller's message of "Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:45:19 +0200") Message-ID: <871ryvf0k4.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36594 Cc: 36594@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Julien Lepiller skribis: > Le Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:40:58 +0200, > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s a =C3=A9crit : [...] >> Currently it says: >>=20 >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> $ guix build --help | grep -e -verbo >> -v, --verbosity=3DLEVEL use the given verbosity LEVEL >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >>=20 >> We could add =E2=80=9Can integer between 0 and 2=E2=80=9D, but this was = left >> non-explicit in case we eventually extend it to -7 to +42. >>=20 >> Maybe there=E2=80=99s a limit on what we can do to help users? :-) >>=20 >> Ludo=E2=80=99. > > If users have no idea what value to use though, they just won't use the > feature... What about: use the given verbosity LEVEL, an integer ? If that=E2=80=99s fine with you, please push! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.