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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing some packages results in "incomplete deployment"
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:37:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878teetuq6.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zi6yq2a6.fsf@gnu.org>


Hi Ludo,

> Perhaps we could offer an option for packages to display hints at
> installation time.  Like
>
>   (package
>     (name "xscreensaver")
>     ;; …
>     (properties
>       `((installation-notice
>          . ,(G_ "Please see the documentation of
> @code{screen-locker-service-type} in the manual on how to use this
> screen saver.")))))
>
> Or maybe something higher level, like:
>
>   '((use-with-service . screen-locker-service-type))
>
> Thoughts?

I like the higher-level approach.  We can use this in a future system
configuration interface (e.g. to display available service extensions)
as well as on the command line by displaying hints like the above.

--
Ricardo

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      reply	other threads:[~2017-12-07 23:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-02  9:50 Installing some packages results in "incomplete deployment" Chris Marusich
2017-12-02 10:03 ` Gábor Boskovits
2017-12-02 17:27 ` Adam Van Ymeren
2017-12-02 17:51   ` Gábor Boskovits
2017-12-04  9:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-07 15:37   ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]

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