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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 23:06:53 +0200
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Hi Chris & Chris,  :-)

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:

> Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> writes:
>
>> David Thompson has made many comments before on the mistake of mixing
>> build systems and package managers... I'm a bit worried that we might be
>> encouraging going down that same path?
>
> The Guix daemon implements the functional software deployment model.
> That model can, in theory, be used to create various things.  One of
> those things is a package manager.  Another of those things is a
> continuous integration server farm (e.g., Hydra, Cuirass).  Another of
> those things is a make-like build system (not yet created).

Exactly, that was the spirit of my suggestion.

Now I=E2=80=99d be interested in reading David=E2=80=99s arguments!

Ludo=E2=80=99.