From: Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: wip-node-14 branch
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:03:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <861rgtmxe1.fsf@fsfe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878sbe516j.fsf@gnu.org>
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org> skribis:
>
>> As a small extra, I have also worked on getting Timothy Sample's
>> 'binary' npm importer to work with the contemporary guix import and
>> guile-json APIs; I'd like some insight into whether this binary importer
>> could still hold some value for inclusion in guix proper[3]. I could
>> still add this code to the branch as well if there is interest.
>
> I think it would make sense to include this importer. The manual should
> warn about the fact that it does not yield built-from-source packages
> and perhaps give pointers on how to address that, but it can still be
> useful, and probably even more useful if it’s in Guix proper.
>
> Thoughts?
Agreed! I still need to rework some of the recursive importer-related
plumbing in Guix proper for everything to play nicely with the multitude
of versions of packages that are required for pretty much anything.
- Jelle
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-16 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-23 22:16 wip-node-14 branch Jelle Licht
2020-10-25 11:46 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-11-06 8:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-11-16 10:03 ` Jelle Licht [this message]
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