From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: Guix libification. Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:19:06 +0800 Message-ID: <87mv9f9el1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87a85gnoiy.fsf@gmail.com> <871sqrkion.fsf@gnu.org> <8737b796c4.fsf@gmail.com> <2D5D3EC0-B9B1-462D-BE9B-0C0E20F336EC@vany.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47861) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dJx9e-0002hp-PQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:19:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dJx9d-0001Cl-Vn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:19:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <2D5D3EC0-B9B1-462D-BE9B-0C0E20F336EC@vany.ca> (Adam Van Ymeren's message of "Sat, 10 Jun 2017 12:32:07 -0400") 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: Adam Van Ymeren Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Alex Kost --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Adam Van Ymeren writes: > On June 10, 2017 12:04:59 PM EDT, Alex Kost wrote: >> >>I also needed similar functionality, but since I didn't want to depend >>on guix modules > > > Why not depend on guix modules? I'm not a scheme/guile expert just > curious, what's the downside to depending upon guix? I can think of many problems. Conceptual problem: Guix is a package manager, not a library. It is akward to depend on a package manager, not using it for package management, but to use the data structures it provides. Size problem: Guix is not small. If you software is simple and small, depending on guix will make your software signaficantly bigger. API stability problem: Guix has no stable API. This is to make development easier. Maintaining old stuff just to keep backward compatibility requires a lot of effort. Depending on guix means your application will break if guix decides to change its data structure API. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEdZDkzSn0Cycogr9IxYq4eRf1Ea4FAlk87uoACgkQxYq4eRf1 Ea5K1hAAsLwrGeYxXTR8mpMfFdoD9+Pada7RHhy6vsGHAH2jLAjcvE+vbOuFOS+I EK0NBFlStbMtqNs0tAKyJTu1RSlZlXatBqzol9yKAefwoH2UAQK01faHpfmGo2rJ OxRo3+zko1zTEdq9j7EaeFcMYSwe9sldz4ZAXhf5O7MXnqNrqL12xzhywktSmdMN zJsS1UPZ5rK3ZYvSZVowt/U+YHG6HLGC0mSryA2pbT6CxoCoIyklKFYCjGUZkclM yIPG2WzXLtov/az/qvg3LPqGQGngKmFAttcfR6/WYm6NhJ1224pvpKAPbmDi23Q9 23BSCYVKz5ftgg6KTq7/0PgeTHmwQlU4MbodY5o/skrCCbAluFdWimEVezCGhGUm AWWDb4/yBjVH9Go3cOyopmR3GyH4xnuPFO75MaeMlzNe6uGap/d+tp/UmpKcS7lG bjYXS9a7V8UcWmfbkx9nsaom1gPZFJe7HvELBPdXE7u9axXfrB1BfwQPsabIaRqH DsZ81JPOb63ZDieGAyrvu69yYc9wiVa3hYpYKUaVU+fNrCFIXaHOBqrWpPRwcgow AXDtACFzsOnXF/LYi7m1VySJMIBVYKl5ks7YZYgxQiNA2E1BJhkxUmAmqYPH4/BA owZvOqpJFt/QekJTe5HSYyxAEq4BFaQajef6LuK6nh5/ukLenNo= =jmqD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--