From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 0Ca2B5gCGGBPUgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:31:04 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id cN1KA5gCGGA+OQAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:31:04 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F98A940629 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 13:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:46038 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6ZIE-00057p-GF for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:31:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6ZI1-00056B-TI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:30:49 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52190) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6ZI1-0004Xs-Ed; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:30:49 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=55306 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l6ZHz-00037R-M6; Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:30:48 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Ryan Prior Subject: Re: bug#45919: [PATCH 0/8] Exporting a manifest and channels from a profile References: <20210116182957.31075-1-ludo@gnu.org> <896b9daa9aa2a999e30ab09736679408ebb41d9b@hey.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:30:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: <896b9daa9aa2a999e30ab09736679408ebb41d9b@hey.com> (Ryan Prior's message of "Sun, 31 Jan 2021 05:08:20 +0000") Message-ID: <87v9bbgbju.fsf_-_@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution , 45919@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.86 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 8F98A940629 X-Spam-Score: -2.86 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: 35KcPyx61KPS Hi, Ryan Prior skribis: > I don't think there's much drawback to having both the auto-generated > files and a command that generates them. That seems more discoverable - > you might happen across the files when you poke into a profile, or you > might notice the command while reading the docs or the help output. Note that the =E2=80=98manifest=E2=80=99 file starts with a comment. This = patch set updates this comment so it mentions =E2=80=98--export-channels=E2=80=99. > Glad to see this capability land any which way, this is something that > comes up often! Heh, good. :-) > While we're considering putting a manifest in the profile, is this a > good time to also bring up the idea of renaming the "manifest" file? It > confuses more people all the time. I'd be inclined to rename it > "profile-metadata" or "lockfile".=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s the kind of thing that can=E2=80=99t really be changed, or at = least not without a looong transition period, because older =E2=80=98guix package=E2= =80=99 commands wouldn=E2=80=99t recognize profiles that lack a =E2=80=98manifest= =E2=80=99 file. Thanks for your feedback, Ludo=E2=80=99.