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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:00:37 +0100
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Hello!

Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au> skribis:

> I install all of my Emacs packages via Guix, but in an usual way. I have
> written a script which takes in a list of Emacs packages that I want to
> install, then uses the Elpa importer to generate a Guix package (the
> scheme data structure) which I can build using `guix package -f`. Each
> time I run the script it pulls the most recent version on Melpa, so it's
> not reproducible, but I get the ability to use Guix for roll-backs (and
> in theory I think I could archive my configuration and import it on
> another machine, but I haven't tried that).

It has pros and cons as you write, but I think it=E2=80=99s a neat hack!

I=E2=80=99ve been thinking we should have a way to hook importers and updat=
ers
directly to the command-line interface to facilitate this kind of
experimentation.  Say:

  guix package --importer=3Delpa -i something

which would import =E2=80=98something=E2=80=99 and its dependencies on the =
fly.

Ludo=E2=80=99.