From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Installing some packages results in "incomplete deployment" Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:37:21 +0100 Message-ID: <878teetuq6.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87a7z1tq5v.fsf@gmail.com> <87zi6yq2a6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eN5Yj-0006xG-FF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:26:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eN5Yd-0002Px-Ny for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:26:26 -0500 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21068) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eN5Yd-0002Pl-H3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:26:23 -0500 In-reply-to: <87zi6yq2a6.fsf@gnu.org> 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+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Ludo, > Perhaps we could offer an option for packages to display hints at > installation time. Like > > (package > (name "xscreensaver") > ;; =E2=80=A6 > (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 GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net