'up arrows' in snap info version list are hard to read and parse

For me, parseable snap info is spelt "curl --silent --unix-socket
/var/run/snapd.socket a/v2/find?name=$x". I would like snap to grow a 'snap
query' command like lxc has but until then...

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 11:45, Jason Hobbs <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> snap info <blah> output includes unicode up arrows, or carrots when
> unicode is disabled, to indicate a version is inherited from a more
> stable channel.
>
> That's clever and it's neat to show off how snap channels work, but it's
> not as easy to read or parse as it could be. I'm not sure it is obvious
> at all what the up arrow indicates - it may require understanding how
> channels work.
>
> If it would just print the version number for the channel, that would be
> a lot clearer and more straightforward to parse.
>
> Maybe I'm really asking for a parseable snap info output.
>
> ** Affects: snappy
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - 'up arrows' in snap info version list are unnecessarily clever, hard to
> read, and parse
> + 'up arrows' in snap info version list are hard to read and parse
>
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That's helpful Michael, thanks!

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 6:20 PM Michael Hudson-Doyle <email address hidden>
wrote:

> For me, parseable snap info is spelt "curl --silent --unix-socket
> /var/run/snapd.socket a/v2/find?name=$x". I would like snap to grow a 'snap
> query' command like lxc has but until then...
>
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 11:45, Jason Hobbs <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > snap info <blah> output includes unicode up arrows, or carrots when
> > unicode is disabled, to indicate a version is inherited from a more
> > stable channel.
> >
> > That's clever and it's neat to show off how snap channels work, but it's
> > not as easy to read or parse as it could be. I'm not sure it is obvious
> > at all what the up arrow indicates - it may require understanding how
> > channels work.
> >
> > If it would just print the version number for the channel, that would be
> > a lot clearer and more straightforward to parse.
> >
> > Maybe I'm really asking for a parseable snap info output.
> >
> > ** Affects: snappy
> > Importance: Undecided
> > Status: New
> >
> > ** Summary changed:
> >
> > - 'up arrows' in snap info version list are unnecessarily clever, hard to
> > read, and parse
> > + 'up arrows' in snap info version list are hard to read and parse
> >
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> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814971
> >
> > Title:
> > 'up arrows' in snap info version list are hard to read and parse
> >
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814971
>
> Title:
> 'up arrows' in snap info version list are hard to read and parse
>
> Status in Snappy:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> snap info <blah> output includes unicode up arrows, or carrots when
> unicode is disabled, to indicate a version is inherited from a more
> stable channel.
>
> That's clever and it's neat to show off how snap channels work, but
> it's not as easy to read or parse as it could be. I'm not sure it is
> obvious at all what the up arrow indicates - it may require
> understanding how channels work.
>
> If it would just print the version number for the channel, that would
> be a lot clearer and more straightforward to parse.
>
> Maybe I'm really asking for a parseable snap info output.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/+bug/1814971/+subscriptions
>