Re: [Sharing store/state between Nix and Guix]: How stable is it?

[rohit yadav <rohityadav@utexas.edu>]

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:50 PM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 04:14:04PM -0600, rohit yadav wrote:
> >    Hi,
> >    Is there anyone who has experimented with above mentioned idea? In
> theory
> >    it may be possible, I am just wondering how stable is it? Assuming, I
> >    installed a package with guix, it should change the database, create
> a new
> >    profile. As long as ~/.nix-profile or ~/.guix-profile points to
> current
> >    profile I should see the changes in list of packages in the current
> >    generation. So, at higher level it should almost be indistinguishable
> >    whether nix or guix is used to manage the profiles.
>
> Yes, it is perfectly safe and some people do that. Note that I would
> not *share* the DB and store - just have them separate and they
> coexist fine.
>
Actually my question was whether DB and Store can be shared. Guix and Nix
only changes the databases depending on what is installed and updating the
current generation.​

>
> >    Is there any plan to change the nix core completely (reimplement using
> >    scheme guile) in the future?
>
> When someone feels the itch it may happen. At FOSDEM someone joked
> that we should support the Nix language in Guix - i.e., write a Nix to
> Guile interpreter to support Nix packages live in Guix. Alternatively
> run two daemons.
>
​- Yes, that may be useful. This way we can benefit from the work of NixOS
community.​

>
> Pj.
>
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