From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: Guix beyond 1.0: =?utf-8?Q?let=E2=80=99s?= have a roadmap! Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:14:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87tvc6t8va.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877e97vws8.fsf@gnu.org> <239EF5AC-6A30-48D6-9C1F-D7CEFFB190CC@asu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45939) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hhsO0-0000JG-Bs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:14:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <239EF5AC-6A30-48D6-9C1F-D7CEFFB190CC@asu.edu> (John Soo's message of "Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:13:26 -0700") 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: John Soo Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi John, John Soo skribis: > I=E2=80=99m a newcomer of sorts but I would like a programming abstraction > over profiles. It feels like some requests for better cache file state > handling, declarative user services, and declarative user packages > could be gained. Noted. > Plus I think profiles are still maybe the most confusing thing to a > newcomer and they are not explicit in the configuration. In what way do you think profiles are confusing to a newcomer? Looking at this with a fresh eye would be helpful! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.