Hi Ludo,

On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:35:32 +0100
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Rather than a list, we could have a ‘make-linux-libre-union’ procedure
> returning a <package>, so that we preserve consistent typing.
> 
> That is, people could write:
> 
>   (kernel linux-libre)
> 
> or:
> 
>   (kernel (make-linux-libre-union linux-libre some-package))
> 
> WDYT?

Hmm, isn't it more like a profile?  I mean it would work the way above but
there's (presumably) some reason why SOME-PACKAGE was an extra package.

We don't have to use the /run/current-system/profile for that, it could be
a new one.

What are the downside of using a profile vs. using a package in that way?