From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp12.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:8:6d80::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms0.migadu.com with LMTPS id OGoSCjBb/mExdQAAgWs5BA (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:10:40 +0100 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:8:6d80::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp12.migadu.com with LMTPS id GHrBBjBb/mFYgAAAauVa8A (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:10:40 +0100 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE67021ABB for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2022 12:10:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([::1]:46452 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nGIxi-00005S-B2 for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2022 06:10:38 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nGIx7-0008W7-Hu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2022 06:10:01 -0500 Received: from [2a0c:e300::1] (port=59878 helo=hera.aquilenet.fr) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nGIx5-0008Uf-9t; Sat, 05 Feb 2022 06:10:01 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B8991D2; Sat, 5 Feb 2022 12:09:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dtU4Dc3zO9Hr; Sat, 5 Feb 2022 12:09:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (91-160-117-201.subs.proxad.net [91.160.117.201]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38427193; Sat, 5 Feb 2022 12:09:54 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Maxim Cournoyer Subject: Re: Return back original implementation for text-config serialization References: <878rvp1deg.fsf@trop.in> <87mtjtglxd.fsf@gnu.org> <87o846y24v.fsf@trop.in> <405630188ac22fd2a1f1d0e0555ce061584744a3.camel@telenet.be> <87h79qx5db.fsf@trop.in> <87fsp922ia.fsf@gmail.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 17 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 230 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:09:53 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87fsp922ia.fsf@gmail.com> (Maxim Cournoyer's message of "Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:04:13 -0500") Message-ID: <877da9lgce.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spamd-Bar: + X-Rspamd-Server: hera X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1B8991D2 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.40 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[gmail.com]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[6]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS(1.50)[] X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a0c:e300::1 (failed) Received-SPF: softfail client-ip=2a0c:e300::1; envelope-from=ludo@gnu.org; helo=hera.aquilenet.fr X-Spam_score_int: -4 X-Spam_score: -0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.665, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no 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." 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Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > Pardon my ignorance about Guix Home, but couldn't we have configuration > as records by default, and the lower level, config stitching primitives > still available to hand craft strings that could be used as the value of > an 'extra-config' field, for example? > > It seems to me the use of records for configurations in Guix Home would > be the natural choice, as Guix System users are already familiar with > them and it leans to better discoverability/documentation. Guix Home uses records for configuration and the same service as Guix System, and I think it=E2=80=99s important that it remain this way for the reasons you give and also from a maintenance viewpoint. Ludo=E2=80=99.