From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: Guix beyond 1.0: =?utf-8?Q?let=E2=80=99s?= have a roadmap! Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:57:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87ftnqge71.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> References: <877e97vws8.fsf@gnu.org> <239EF5AC-6A30-48D6-9C1F-D7CEFFB190CC@asu.edu> <87tvc6t8va.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50981) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hhuw7-0006Ey-Lp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:57:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hhuw6-0004P0-Jn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:57:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87tvc6t8va.fsf@gnu.org> 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" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , John Soo Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> Plus I think profiles are still maybe the most confusing thing to a >> newcomer and they are not explicit in the configuration. > > In what way do you think profiles are confusing to a newcomer? Looking > at this with a fresh eye would be helpful! I agree with this, I would welcome moving the profile chapter to the foreground. I expect it to be something new to the majority of the users. Like many other "modern" concepts in Guix, we need to teach them explicitly, since implicit teaching can discourage many users. For instance, we can explain how to use a manifest to maintain the default profile, how to use "guix install -p PROFILE..." to maintain a separate profile, how to effectively use them by either call ~/my-profile/bin/my-program or by sourcing etc/profile, etc. =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAl0Z9SIACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH/0ngf+PkcgkXtRpxzpWbisxjWCY+mp2/B3dO1bo6RrYRd9lSTSRQAh1ExTJDnb AExYpnxrPE2CE6omSJ1+RgD6VX++yhbtjd7D56CTEQdhp5/+DkWrXSEv07kRce2J FiQ0PtfMPfK0p+BG7dVpNsVlbEZ0l0uZIkNB9PwccvYOITb5iCLPgwJkb2eZcQYg 2FheqN4+OeQ9hxjaZb0/XBinqvU7vIEWaqt0Zmp+Sa0faKIbDxisOa4+nbOvpUg/ 1JgvHIH24JTj66JRfDVRhMloGt8IV0mFZBMw8XueSimSqzttIkHYcL9T3cP5QrcH g22HvjQVPM2N4o0QyPX/VYBpbkCNXQ== =vsl7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--