From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Using a shared Guix store (was RE: [Bio-packaging] testing out guix) Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:53:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87pp42ifxu.fsf@elephly.net> References: <877fr0i0kl.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> <3784bfce22f4406f8ee2d3affda0474c@exchsrv2.sgc.loc> <87oak4zxo8.fsf@gnu.org> <1436378615368.30302@stowers.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32858) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCvPw-0008Vf-1t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:54:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCvPv-0003VG-1h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:54:03 -0400 In-reply-to: <1436378615368.30302@stowers.org> 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Cook, Malcolm" Cc: Guix-devel , 'Pjotr Prins' , "'bio-packaging@mailman.open-bio.org'" >> Another one, which I think Ricardo has been investigating lately, would be to >> have users manage their profiles via the Web user interface, >> guix-web: . (The video >> > 01__GNU_Guix__The_Emacs_of_Distros.webm> >> has a demo starting at around 23mn.) > > Hmm, it is not clear to me how this would play out in a multi-user > environment. Having a web server that could alter per-user profiles > sounds like a recipe for more confusion, rather than a solution. > > In any case, in my opinion, it would be a mistake to have depend on > another tool (such as guix-web, or something similar) to implement > functionality that could not be gained at using command-line guix. > Don't you agree? Some find a web interface easier to use than the command line. For those users I suspect the convenience of using a web interface outweighs the threat of additional confusion. Ultimately, I want both tools to be available because users differ. ~~ Ricardo