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To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
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On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 07:51:46PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:
>=20
> >> Still, I think Guix would benefit from a somewhat more relaxed stanc=
e
> >> in this.
> >
> > It=E2=80=99s part of Guix=E2=80=99s mission to build from source when=
ever that is
> > possible, which is the case here, AIUI.

Mission is fine and I agree with that (in principle).

> WDYT, do we have enough information to decide if building from `source'
> the right metaphor?  Is it pracically feasible and does feasibilty have
> any weight?  What's the next step I could take to help to bring `q' and
> `http' (and the other 316 packages I need) into Guix?

I think we are clear we do not want binaries in the main project
unless there is no way to do it from source.

Personally I think we should be easier on ourselves which implies that
we get multiple flavours of Guix.=20

Another reason to make 'guix channels' work.

Pj.