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From: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
Subject: Re: Bags
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:05:10 -0400
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I=E2=80=99ve pushed a new branch, =E2=80=98wip-bags=E2=80=99, which chang=
es the way
> build systems work.  Basically, it introduces an intermediate
> representation between packages and derivations, called =E2=80=9Cbags.=E2=
=80=9D
>
> The main difference between a bag and a package is that a bag lists all
> the inputs of the build process, including the =E2=80=9Cimplicit inputs=
=E2=80=9D 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 =E2=80=98g=
uix
> environment=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=9Cgrafts=E2=80=9D (a trick for faster sec=
urity updates; more on
> that later.)

I'm excited. :)

- Dave