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To: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
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"Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> However, because 'guix environment' doesn't manipulate a user's
> profile, I think that it would still be very useful to create these
> meta-packages.  For this specific case, yes, 'guix environment' can be
> used to fetch the necessary GCC toolchain to develop something, but
> what about non-development packages?  It would be very convenient to
> be able to run 'guix package -i xfce-desktop', for example.

Ah yes, good point.

I think we discussed Xfce specifically before, but I=E2=80=99m not sure why=
 it
hasn=E2=80=99t landed.  =E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?  :-)

So in general I agree it=E2=80=99s a good idea, and it=E2=80=99s easily don=
e with
=E2=80=98union-build=E2=80=99, so if people know of useful meta-packages, p=
lease
send a patch.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.