From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Boskovits?= Subject: Re: Guix shepherd user services Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:21:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87bm3j4rgy.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45878) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gssnq-0001bD-U4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:22:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gssnp-0006Zp-Cq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:22:02 -0500 Received: from mail-ed1-x532.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::532]:36847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gssnm-0006Xg-NY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:21:59 -0500 Received: by mail-ed1-x532.google.com with SMTP id o59so5025875edb.3 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:21:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bm3j4rgy.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> 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: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: Guix-devel , Alex ter Weele , =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Hello Pierre, > It would also make it possible to fully _initialize_ a user profile (just like > we initialize the operating-system) with the desired files. For instance, a > service could synchronize git repositories (e.g. your dotfiles), deploy it, > synchronize your emails, generate the mlocate cache, snapshot some btrfs drives, > you name it. This would be awesome! How could we help you to make this happen? Best regards, g_bor