Re: Guix development on GuixSD, recommended setup and process

[白い熊 <help-guix_gnu.org@sumou.com>]

Mar 31, 2020 14:32:26 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>:

> Hi 白い熊,

Hi Julien:

Thanks for your tips.

> In terms of packages, they are the same: there is no difference between the hash of a package built from a git commit and a package built from guix (pulled at the same commit), so there is no more duplication than usual, especially since I pull every few days anyway.

But is the GuixSD going to pull in changes from the git — do they get propagated soon? I thought the system is more “stable” in terms of not using the latest git pushed changes.

> My system is always minimal, and I install packages in my user profile (or actually my home manager's profile).

I'd like to do this, but don't know how to go about in — could you help me with a simple example?

I've read the “Guix profiles in practice”¹ webpage, but don't understand how to simply implement them like this?

I know how to declare a system and install GuixSD. So let's say, I'll have a minimal system. Now I'd like to have StumpWM as the WM and then let's say Emacs, MC, and LibreOffice as user apps.

Should I have two profiles — one for the home manager with StumpWM and one for shiroikuma (myself, the user) with mc, emacs, and libreoffice in it?

What should they be — I'm not experienced enough to write them. Where do I call / declare them, how do I then update?

Sorry for going so in depth — but if you could post the full profile text for this simple case and give me guidance on how to use it, I'd be much obliged.

Many thanks! :@)
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[1] https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/guix-profiles-in-practice/

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