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[87.4.165.57]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g1sm6450130wrq.30.2021.01.28.02.35.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:35:28 -0800 (PST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Nicol=C3=B2?= Balzarotti To: Raghav Gururajan , guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: An idea regarding Guix Profiles In-Reply-To: <8f07a08a-449b-6ff9-50ed-f4b7dd989114@raghavgururajan.name> References: <8f07a08a-449b-6ff9-50ed-f4b7dd989114@raghavgururajan.name> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:35:25 +0100 Message-ID: <8735ylcpsi.fsf@guixSD.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::333; envelope-from=anothersms@gmail.com; helo=mail-wm1-x333.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.05 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=WLy1wjzn; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 2A41E9403E8 X-Spam-Score: -3.05 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: HKSVpg24QEHw Raghav Gururajan writes: > Hello Guix! > > At user-level, user can choose which profile to work on. Like that it > would be cool to select which profile to boot. If I understand this correctly, what you want is something similar to NixOS' --profile-name [1], is that correct? When I used it back then, the advantage of having named profiles was to have a specific "music production" profile, with a different kernel (-rt), different DE & so on, which I knew would always work (I updated it very rarely). [1] https://www.mankier.com/8/nixos-rebuild#--profile-name