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From: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Guix-devel <Guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bags
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:05:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ=Rwfb-MK6nhe5H4D6ovvjWHN-MyEJEg-y=hV8awidCFfCeLQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tx3m4pn2.fsf@gnu.org>

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I’ve pushed a new branch, ‘wip-bags’, which changes the way
> build systems work.  Basically, it introduces an intermediate
> representation between packages and derivations, called “bags.”
>
> The main difference between a bag and a package is that a bag lists all
> the inputs of the build process, including the “implicit inputs” added
> by the build system.
>

I took a quick look through the commit log.  I like it!

> This simplifies the code and should unlock nifty features like ‘guix
> environment’ and “grafts” (a trick for faster security updates; more on
> that later.)

I'm excited. :)

- Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-02 13:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-02 12:33 Bags Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-02 13:05 ` Thompson, David [this message]
2014-10-02 20:14 ` Bags Mathieu Lirzin
2014-10-02 20:18   ` Bags Thompson, David
2014-10-03  7:52 ` Bags John Darrington
2014-10-03  9:23   ` Bags Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-03 10:45     ` Bags Alex Sassmannshausen
2014-10-03 12:39       ` Bags Eric Bavier
2014-10-03 13:08       ` Bags Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-05 21:54       ` Bags Cyril Roelandt
2014-10-05 20:27 ` Bags Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-06 11:21   ` Bags David Thompson

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