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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.97 X-Spam-Score: -1.97 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: C20905BB20 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-TUID: RdHXTpMsUf/+ Hi, On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 at 23:19, Sarthak Shah wrote: > I believe that it should not be very hard to create a user interface (web, > ncurses or GUI) that searches for a package's location (the package record > has a field that accommodates this) and then displays it, which the user > can then edit. A part already exists: https://toys.whereis.=E3=81=BF=E3=82=93=E3=81=AA/ https://toys.whereis.=E3=81=BF=E3=82=93=E3=81=AA/?search=3Dhello Then click to location leads to: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/base.scm?id=3D= master#n90 and note it also works for packages in some channels: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-hpc/-/blob/master/inria/mpi.scm#L26 However, that=E2=80=99s not possible to edit. It would appears to me hard = to implement. Because I do not see how it would be possible to implement some edition features without a login =E2=80=93 some login management is al= ways painful from my tiny experience. Therefore, if you think =E2=80=9Cit shoul= d not be very hard to create a user interface=E2=80=9D that fulfills your descrip= tion, then I am sure many of us will appreciate to run your implementation. :-p Cheers, simon