[HEADSUP][CFT] pkgng beta1 is out

rflynn at acsalaska.net rflynn at acsalaska.net
Tue Jan 31 22:48:23 UTC 2012


> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 09:21:37AM -0800, Jos Backus wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> > No pkg query can't do this, but this would be a nice addition (something
>> > > like
>> > > raw output for info or query) I do like the idea, please create an
>> issue
>> > > on the
>> > > github :))
>> > >
>> > > regards,
>> >
>> > Bapt
>> > >
>> >
>> > I just created issue #128, thanks Baptiste!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Jos
>>
>> The time you did  that I implemented it :)
>>
>> pkg info -R will be in beta2.
>>
>>
> Merci beaucoup :)
>
> Salut,
> Jos

Why not stick this in query? Humans ask for information, computers query
for parseable stuff. The separation is there already, keep it consistent.
In fact, it makes a lot of sense to have a '-f format' option for query
and pluggable formatters. Have -R map to -f yaml if you wish.

-- Mel



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