From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id yDNaLLddz1+CAgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:04:23 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id 4aoyKLddz1/FaQAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:04:23 +0000 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 467EE940509 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:36494 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kman8-0006Gm-8y for larch@yhetil.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:04:22 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kmam9-00060M-SE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:03:21 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kmam7-0001fk-SE; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:03:19 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=51182 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kmam6-0000Ik-U5; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:03:19 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Extending Guix without using the Guile load path References: <87o8tulhci.fsf@elephly.net> <871rpxu2fb.fsf@gnu.org> <87tuuayplb.fsf@elephly.net> <87ft5spvhn.fsf@gnu.org> <878sab7n2a.fsf@elephly.net> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 18 Frimaire an 229 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: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:03:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <878sab7n2a.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Sun, 06 Dec 2020 02:14:37 +0100") Message-ID: <87blf4woei.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.80 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 467EE940509 X-Spam-Score: -2.80 X-Migadu-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu X-TUID: 0RLzCdPUUU11 Hi, Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > Keeping the directory tree of the extension separate from the =E2=80=9Cgu= ix > pull=E2=80=9D profile would ensure that the core features of Guix keep wo= rking, > no matter how badly broken an extension might be. Yeah. > So I=E2=80=99m thinking that we should instead define GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PAT= H as a > list of directories containing merely the *entry points* for additional > Guix commands. For example, the GWL would provide a script =E2=80=9Cwork= flow=E2=80=9D > in a directory $prefix/share/guix/extensions/ (or whatever), and that > script is a wrapped executable that sets its own %load-path and > %load-compiled-path as needed (and determined at build time). All Guix > does is search for matching executables on GUIX_EXTENSIONS_PATH when > asked for an unknown command. > > This is disappointingly simple, but I think it=E2=80=99s one of the safest > things to do. Yes, sounds like a good idea. > An incidental side effect of doing things this way is that extensions > could, in theory, be written in languages other than Guile (stretching > the meaning of =E2=80=9Cextension=E2=80=9D to its limits). Oooh, this is eviiiil! :-) Ludo=E2=80=99.