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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, elaexuotee@wilsonb.com
Subject: Re: Using --manfistest with <profile>/manifest files
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d060epfj.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y2opu0ue.fsf@gnu.org>

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Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> I think there were several issues we discussed:

Allow me to reiterate, at the risk of bikeshedding... :)

>   1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing
>      an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be
>      deceptive.

Why is an approximate file more of a problem than a command producing
an approximate result?  We could include a warning comment at the top of
the file to make it explicit that it's approximate.

>   2. It’s easy to maintain compatibility over a data format, but it’s
>      much harder to maintain compatibility for code.

I'm confused: my suggestion is to add a new data format, so isn't it
better then?

Cheers!

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-15  7:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-11  1:40 Using --manfistest with <profile>/manifest files elaexuotee
2020-06-13 20:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-14 10:17   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-06-14 15:24     ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-15  7:52       ` Pierre Neidhardt [this message]
2020-06-16  9:44         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-15  8:08       ` zimoun
2020-06-16  9:46         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16 11:33           ` elaexuotee
2020-06-16 13:42             ` zimoun
2020-06-17  0:45               ` elaexuotee
2020-06-17  7:58                 ` how to "guix pack" a profile? zimoun
2020-06-18  9:20                   ` elaexuotee
2020-06-18 23:49                     ` zimoun
2020-06-19  2:52                       ` elaexuotee
2020-06-19  8:30                         ` zimoun
2020-06-19 12:34                           ` elaexuotee
2020-06-19 15:38                             ` zimoun
2020-06-19 10:00                         ` zimoun
2020-06-19 12:16                           ` elaexuotee
2020-06-19 20:40                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-19 20:35                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16  2:51   ` Using --manfistest with <profile>/manifest files George Clemmer
2020-06-16  4:27     ` elaexuotee
2020-06-17 19:09       ` George Clemmer
2020-06-16  9:38     ` zimoun
2020-06-16 14:03       ` George Clemmer
2020-06-16 15:09         ` zimoun
2020-06-16  9:50     ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-15  7:54 ` zimoun
2020-06-15 10:08   ` elaexuotee
2020-06-16  9:09     ` zimoun

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