From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: package dependencies Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:58:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87a8pdz9sk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zixjttsa.fsf@gmail.com> <20151209201329.20594c2e@weiserose.weiserose.de> <20151210045530.GA28215@thebird.nl> <87bn9uxy0l.fsf@gnu.org> <20151214062939.GA12226@thebird.nl> 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]:60010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Oxd-0003yF-QP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 03:58:26 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Oxa-0006MU-Jr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 03:58:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151214062939.GA12226@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:29:39 +0100") 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Pjotr Prins skribis: > Thanks Ludo. I still think it could be made a little clearer from the pac= kager's=20 > perspective. How about concluding it with something like: > > In short, to create a package, by default you should use 'inputs' for > dependencies. Use 'native-inputs' for tools used at build-time, but > not at runtime and use propagated-inputs when the other two do not > suffice. This is certainly shorter, but the problem I have with that is that it does not accurately explain what=E2=80=99s going on. The current text is admittedly more verbose, but I think it is more accurate. Hope that makes sense. Ludo=E2=80=99.