From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvplZ-000500-DI for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:07:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvplW-0003ny-5p for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:07:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvplW-0003ng-1x for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:07:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dvplV-0004yW-RE for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:07:01 -0400 Subject: [bug#28421] [PATCH] gnu: Add uim. Resent-Message-ID: Message-Id: <6c87ac85.AEQAQk2GuKEAAAAAAAAAAAPqZPMAAAACwQwAAAAAAAW9WABZxrCd@mailjet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Arun Isaac Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:35:57 +0530 In-Reply-To: <87tvzt1igw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ingoyt3a.fsf@gnu.org> <87tvzt1igw.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 28421@debbugs.gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Separate outputs would be fine, though I have a slight preference for > separate packages A general question: For what use cases do we use outputs, and for what use cases do we use separate packages? How are these two features different? =