[bug#66426] [PATCH 00/65] Export %default-gnu-imported-modules and %default-gnu-modules.

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hello,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:

> Am Montag, dem 09.10.2023 um 12:33 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
>> This series introduces default variable bindings for the default
>> gnu-build-system IMPORTED-MODULES and MODULES values.  The lack of a
>> %default-gnu-modules caused enough confusion, as made apparent by
>> this series.
> If we're going to do this anyway, let's go big: add modules and
> imported-modules to the fields of build-system and allow users to use
> that.

I don't understand; what would that look like in practice?  Isn't this
already how it works?  Build systems have #:modules and
#:imported-modules arguments, which are provided via the 'arguments'
field of a package.

> Perhaps also add short-hands so that (default-modules gnu)
> expands to (build-system-modules gnu-build-system) and likewise for
> imported-modules.

Ah!  I understand the idea now.  It feels a bit strange to me to attach
such metadata to the build-system record itself though.  At any rate, we
could discuss this separately and do it in a future iteration, perhaps?
The series posted here already has value in itself, and if we ever go to
attach this information to build system objects instead of plain
variables, we could use sed to adjust the code base.

What do yo think?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim