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Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> skribis:

> I think compatibility is a priority, and although I haven't looked too
> much in to the details yet, I think it's quite realistic.
>
> I think it's very important for Guix to keep compatibility with older
> daemons, and on the daemon side, I'd want to see the Guile
> implementation work with older Guix's, as well as it being possible to
> switch back and forth between the implementations without issue.

+1.  The derivation format and what goes in the build environment (on
GNU/Linux) are set in stone.

The RPC protocol could evolve if needed, preserving backward
compatibility.

Ludo=E2=80=99.