Re: Guix and the developer ecosystem

[Distopico <distopico@riseup.net>]

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Nice, thanks for your response.

On 2023-08-24, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Distopico <distopico@riseup.net> skribis:
>
>>> Regarding customization, ‘--with-input’ and perhaps other transformation
>>> options may correspond to your needs:
>>>
>>>   https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Package-Transformation-Options.html
>>>
>>
>> According with the docs, it will make rebuilt the packages so with
>> Rust/haskell that could take time and cpu, and for sure is a good option
>> in many cases, and maybe with Parameterized Packages[1] would be another
>> option, but what about have let said two packages like
>> `haskell-language-server-8.x` and `haskell-language-server-9.x` wherein
>> each one utilizes a predefined GHC version and prebuilt derivations? Is
>> this approach valid?
>
> Yes, having one language server package for GHC 8 and another one for
> GHC 9 sounds like the way to go: it gives flexibility for Haskell
> developers and comes almost for free on the Guix side.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.


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