From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.)
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:46:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86lek8dbsf.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jzzxy6l0.fsf@nckx>
Hi,
On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 at 20:21, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> wrote:
> Could we rename it to something like
> ‘package+replacements/inherit’? To me, that captures the spirit,
> without being overly longer.
Well, I gave a look at the code and have seen the replacement. But I
had not thought about the package transformation and the like.
From my point of view, the best would to add a paragraph with index
entries under “Defining-Package-Variants” section [1].
However, in the light of Maxim’s explanations, the example from the
manual appears to me inconsistent:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
You can just as well define variants with a different set of
dependencies than the original package. For example, the default
@code{gdb} package depends on @code{guile}, but since that is an
optional dependency, you can define a variant that removes that
dependency like so:
@lisp
(use-modules (gnu packages gdb)) ;for 'gdb'
(define gdb-sans-guile
(package
(inherit gdb)
(inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs gdb)
(delete "guile")))))
@end lisp
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Well, since the trap is not completely clear for me yet, I am not able
to propose a paragraph. IMHO, a paragraph here would help in mitigating
the trap. Whatever the name of ’package/inherit’. :-)
1: <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Defining-Package-Variants>
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-07 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-21 13:06 [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 4/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:37 ` [bug#61674] Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-27 21:15 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 4/4] " Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-27 21:15 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] " Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-26 2:55 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Leo Famulari
2023-02-27 21:14 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-28 10:35 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-03 10:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-03 11:04 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-03 15:54 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-03 18:19 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-04 3:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-04 11:11 ` Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-03-03 19:21 ` The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.) Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2023-03-04 3:44 ` The package/inherit trap Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-07 11:46 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-03-07 16:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-07 17:46 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-07 22:11 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2023-03-08 9:07 ` Simon Tournier
2023-07-31 20:17 ` John Kehayias
2023-08-06 23:10 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-08-07 14:41 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-10 20:40 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-08-10 21:27 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-09-02 18:46 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-07 0:00 ` The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.) (
2023-08-07 6:29 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-08-07 14:43 ` The package/inherit trap Maxim Cournoyer
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 4/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-03-07 10:39 ` bug#61674: [PATCH 0/4] " Ludovic Courtès
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=86lek8dbsf.fsf@gmail.com \
--to=zimon.toutoune@gmail.com \
--cc=guix-devel@gnu.org \
--cc=maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com \
--cc=me@tobias.gr \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this external index
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.