From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: A registry for distributed sources and binaries Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 09:02:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20160724070222.GA21804@thebird.nl> References: <579027b7.VHXjhpPxQC3AAmeY%pjotr.public12@email> <8760rznoh1.fsf@gnu.org> <20160722004130.GA10340@thebird.nl> <874m7hk6dz.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <20160724033027.GA20236@thebird.nl> <87shuzwqmn.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56727) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRDU7-0004Nw-Hc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:06:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRDU4-00066w-98 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:05:59 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([95.154.246.10]:45191) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRDU4-00066m-37 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:05:56 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 08:28:30AM +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > > if we support a decentralized system of externally-managed=20 > > repositories. >=20 > No. Break them. >=20 > If you're running an external Guix repository and don't bother to follo= w > the main development branch(es) with some attention, your users deserve > to get regular breakage warnings as a subtle hint that maybe they > shouldn't be trusting you with their software. Exactly.=20 I am thinking plugins themselves can be part of the Guix package tree and come with tests. That way we can keep an eye on 'infrastructure' code. Pulling in packages from elsewhere - it is up to the registries to test things and maintain compatibility. > There seem to be two different meanings of =E2=80=98support=E2=80=99 at= play here: > - adding decentralised repository support to Guix so it can at least > be done in a clean user-friendly way, which I think is excellent > vs. > - promising some kind of API stability to those repositories, which > I think is terrible. Yeah. I am not looking for that. I think it is good to break stuff for future considerations. That is one advantage FOSS has. The code is out in the open... I also agree that we should encourage freedom and exploration. Pj. --=20