From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Wingo Subject: Re: Services and packages in GuixSD Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:15:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87si7634hx.fsf@igalia.com> References: <87lhdkpfeu.fsf@igalia.com> <87egj9mhq4.fsf@gmail.com> <87y4hh2b26.fsf@igalia.com> <871terjebs.fsf@inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40324) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUUvU-0007QL-35 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:15:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUUvP-0001F8-4U for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:15:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871terjebs.fsf@inria.fr> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22?= =?utf-8?Q?'s?= message of "Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:36:07 +0200") 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: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue 25 Aug 2015 22:36, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > However, the above means that the > reconfigure-but-don=E2=80=99t-switch-until-reboot behavior would no longe= r be > possible. Not sure what this case is for -- either you want to expose the newly reconfigured apps to the user or you don't, right? In the former case it seems that really what you want is to prepare everything for reboot but only switch the profile on boot. Dunno, I don't have the tao of guix yet :) A