From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: [RFC] A simple draft for channels Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:39:02 +0100 Message-ID: <87bmhkz4x6.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87bmhq6ytg.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> <87d1263qzt.fsf@gnu.org> <86fu6wh8aq.fsf@gmail.com> 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]:58578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ee5Lm-00071p-7J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:39:23 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ee5Li-0002e5-0u for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:39:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <86fu6wh8aq.fsf@gmail.com> 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: myglc2@gmail.com Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org myglc2@gmail.com writes: >> One thing that=E2=80=99s still an open question is how we should treat= Guix >> itself in that channelized world. >> >> Should Guix be a =E2=80=9Cnormal=E2=80=9D channel? It=E2=80=99s tempt= ing to think of it as a >> regular channel; however, it=E2=80=99s definitely =E2=80=9Cspecial=E2=80= =9D in that it can >> update the =E2=80=98guix=E2=80=99 command, maybe guix-daemon & co., lo= cale data, etc. >> How does that affect =E2=80=98guix channel=E2=80=99? > > ISTM this design allows channels to inject non-free &/or non-safe > components into other user's Guix systems. Is that true? If one user could override the daemon or the guix command *for other users* that wouldn=E2=80=99t be okay. The simple channel draft would not= make this possible. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net