From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Warning on using GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:30:48 +0000 Message-ID: <20170209133048.GA23419@mail.thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cborV-0001Cg-6N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:34:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cborR-00054c-8h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:34:13 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([95.154.246.10]:36561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cborR-00052H-2y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:34:09 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline 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: guix-devel@gnu.org @FOSDEM we concluded that GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH does not necessarily work that wel. I added to my guix-notes the following: +Note that, even though GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH can be a feasible way of +adding and maintaining packages, it has two largish downsides: (1) it +is removed from the main package tree and therefore not easily shared +and integrated and (2) to remain compatible you need to juggle two git +trees which may go out of synch.