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To: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
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Hi,

Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:

[...]

>>> Would it make sense to integrate it into Cuirass?  We could browse
>>> packages on Cuirass and to each package would be associated a link to
>>> its build status on different architectures, etc.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>
>> Good question.  Some sort of integration is desirable, with links as you
>> mention.  Now Cuirass is not specifically about packages, conceptually
>> at least, so IMO having both features in the same tool would =E2=80=9Cbr=
eak the
>> abstraction.=E2=80=9D
>
> Yes I agree.  I wonder though: is there a way to know if a specific
> derivation is a package?

In general no.  Of course one could play trick to try and guess whether
it corresponds to a package, but that should be avoided IMO.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.