From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: "Nguyễn Gia Phong" <cnx@loang.net>
Cc: Sergey Trofimov <sarg@sarg.org.ru>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Are declarative app configs worth it?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:50:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878r5glxdv.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CXYD6MBM4PNT.3OPY3YWIRL5B5@loang.net>
Nguyễn Gia Phong <cnx@loang.net> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> [1. text/plain]
> On 2023-12-26 at 15:56+01:00, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> On 2023-12-26 at 14:53+01:00, Sergey Trofimov wrote:
>> > - adding it to guix increases maintenance burden: new versions
>> > could add or remove config options
>>
>> This is why there should be automated tests.
>> There are too few of them.
>
> This is easier said than done. A program could […]
Yes, it’s easy to say a lot of things. This is not an argument against
providing tests *where feasible*.
> I would also want to share my experience as a user, that having
> to run guix home reconfigure iteratively is not exactly pleasant
> due to the high delay.
What’s a high delay? Is a one second reconfiguration too long for what
it does? I don’t think so.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-26 17:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-26 13:53 Are declarative app configs worth it? Sergey Trofimov
2023-12-26 14:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-12-26 15:05 ` John Soo
2023-12-26 15:18 ` Nguyễn Gia Phong via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-12-26 16:50 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2023-12-27 1:34 ` Nguyễn Gia Phong via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-12-26 15:39 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-12-26 16:49 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-12-27 7:38 ` Sergey Trofimov
2023-12-28 14:28 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-12-27 4:15 ` Murad Mamedov
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