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Subject: Re: NPM and trusted binaries
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:25:12 +0200
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Howdy,

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

> On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 11:48:04AM -0400, Thompson, David wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> wro=
te:
>>=20
>> >    * add --binary option to importer, sets (arguments (#:binary? #t))
>>=20
>> This violates a core principle of Guix: reproducible builds.  I don't
>> support patches that encourage using pre-built binaries.
>
> In principle I agree. We want to be able to read the code.
>
> Still, I think Guix would benefit from a somewhat more relaxed stance
> in this.

It=E2=80=99s part of Guix=E2=80=99s mission to build from source whenever t=
hat is
possible, which is the case here, AIUI.

We know from previous discussions that some compilers can no longer be
built from source; we already have exceptions for these.

Ludo=E2=80=99.