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Subject: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:57:09 +0100
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To: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
Cc: 25296@debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>

Hi Konrad,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

>> Hmm, OK.  Do you think it=E2=80=99s too much to ask, given the current a=
udience
>> (tinkerers), to add those packages to their config, or to install them
>> with =E2=80=9Cguix package -i=E2=80=9D?
>>
>> Admittedly this is a very subjective issue.
>
> How about organizing Guix in a layered way, with the core distribution
> containing narrow-purpose packages (mostly one piece of software), and
> another layer (in a distinct module, perhaps with a distinct naming
> convention) containing collections of software that works well
> together or is useful for a specific application domain? I see other
> use cases than just desktop stuff.

In GuixSD, that=E2=80=99s more or less what happens with =E2=80=98gnome-ser=
vice-type=E2=80=99
and =E2=80=98xfce-service-type=E2=80=99, for example.  (I=E2=80=99m not sur=
e how that could work
at the Guix level, nor whether this is necessary.)

Ludo=E2=80=99.