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Subject: Re: [GSOC 2020] Guix Deploy, round 2!
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Hi Chris!

Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> skribis:

> Let me also put out a goal for the Guix community: I think we'll see
> Guix Deploy as a success if a bunch of us can switch over to using it on
> our own servers (that includes me).  To that end, I'd love to know, how
> many people are doing so, or have attempted to do so?  What features
> would you like/need?

We=E2=80=99re using it for the build farm, and I=E2=80=99m also using it fo=
r a couple of
single servers.  It=E2=80=99s great!  :-)

What I miss the most, especially on the build farm, is the ability to
tell =E2=80=98guix deploy=E2=80=99 which services to restart upon completio=
n.
Currently, like =E2=80=98guix system reconfigure=E2=80=99, it conservativel=
y doesn=E2=80=99t
restart any running services.  However, often, you=E2=80=99d like it to run
=E2=80=9Cherd restart X=E2=80=9D upon completion.

Another thing discussed at the Guix Days, but more relevant to more
advanced use cases, is the ability to define =E2=80=9Croles=E2=80=9D: often=
 you=E2=80=99d rather
want to think in terms of the services machines offer and abstract over
the actual machines.

Ludo=E2=80=99.