From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: L p R n d n Subject: Re: personal communications server Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:52:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87tvaurmg9.fsf@lprndn.info> References: <43325349a6b00be70521039c3b5c3618@riseup.net> <878ss7z56s.fsf@elephly.net> <4156d7f891f3a2a531d19897be2e8c29.squirrel@sm.riseup.net> <48F6139B-2078-4F2C-8ACC-45DC464E4CE5@lepiller.eu> <87r25yxild.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58477) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hv5VV-00085P-6p for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:52:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hv5VU-0004X9-AH for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:52:29 -0400 Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.141]:34748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hv5VU-0004VY-41 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:52:28 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3CD3160061 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 21:52:20 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87r25yxild.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:19:10 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: quiliro@riseup.net, help-guix@gnu.org Hello, Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Julien Lepiller writes: > >> I don't think we need the bash scripts, only services. From what I >> read, we could provide a simple file like this and let users choose >> their services: >> >> (define domain "mydomain.org") >> ; and other common configuration options >> =E2=80=A6 >> (operating-system >> =E2=80=A6 >> (services >> (cons* >> ;; Uncomment for email >> ;(dovecot-service =E2=80=A6) >> =E2=80=A6 >> ;; Uncomment for cgit >> ; (cgit-service =E2=80=A6) >> =E2=80=A6 >> ))) >> >> And then, you have a base with sane defaults for a defined purpose, >> but can still tweak and change things. > > Or we could provide a procedure generating an operating system > configuration. The procedure=E2=80=99s arguments would be used to enable= or > disable certain services. Just being curious here, why a whole operating system configuration? Why not just a list of services? Thanks, L p r n d n=20=20 > -- > Ricardo