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In-Reply-To: (Attila Lendvai's message of "Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:18:21 +0000") References: <8734t9tw5d.fsf@elephly.net> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:43:05 +1100 Message-ID: <871q8ful52.fsf@zancanaro.id.au> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=45.77.50.64; envelope-from=carlo@zancanaro.id.au; helo=voltorb.zancanaro.id.au X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list 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+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -7.28 X-Spam-Score: -7.28 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: EA696103FD X-Migadu-Scanner: mx13.migadu.com X-TUID: EKpW9n09jYWz On Tue, Mar 12 2024, Attila Lendvai wrote: > channels are a step towards this, but they are not enough in their > current form to successfully accommodate for such a setup. an obvious > thing that is missing is a way to formally express inter-channel > dependencies, including some form of versioning. Do we not have this? The manual documents a mechanism for channel dependencies in "(guix) Declaring Channel Dependencies". I haven't used it, but it looks like the dependencies are declared as channels, which can have the usual branch/commit specifications to tie them to specific versions. What are we missing? Carlo