From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id IJPrC0c4EmCwMwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:06:31 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id iC2iB0c4EmC0MwAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:06:31 +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 CA5CA9403AC for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:59574 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4yZh-0005Dk-Fr for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:06:29 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44798) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4yYf-0005DY-3P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:05:25 -0500 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:57653) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4yYd-0001ur-1F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:05:24 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 76.68.120.100 Received: from [192.168.5.10] (bras-vprn-toroon474rw-lp130-08-76-68-120-100.dsl.bell.ca [76.68.120.100]) (Authenticated sender: rg@raghavgururajan.name) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 56E7DE0009 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:05:16 +0000 (UTC) To: guix-devel@gnu.org From: Raghav Gururajan Subject: An idea regarding Guix Profiles Message-ID: <8f07a08a-449b-6ff9-50ed-f4b7dd989114@raghavgururajan.name> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:05:14 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.196; envelope-from=rg@raghavgururajan.name; helo=relay4-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.35 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; 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: CA5CA9403AC X-Spam-Score: -2.35 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: uWOCUViu3omo Hello Guix! I just had this crazy idea. Currently, we can create multiple profiles at user-level. What if we could bring the 'guix profiles' concept to system-level? At user-level, user can choose which profile to work on. Like that it would be cool to select which profile to boot. Thoughts? Regards, RG.