From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Pros and cons of Emacs package management through Guix instead of package.el Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:47:28 +0530 Message-ID: <87efjwdg2f.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37225) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3EK8-0006su-Rd for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:17:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3EK5-00076w-Mr for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:17:36 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::230]:43189) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3EK5-00076q-G3 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:17:33 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-x230.google.com with SMTP id q84so20417379iod.10 for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2018 22:17:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mimimi ([103.61.255.46]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d184-v6sm1205565itd.44.2018.04.02.22.17.30 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 02 Apr 2018 22:17:31 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am thinking of using Guix to manage all my Emacs packages. I can think of several benefits: =2D Guix provides (possibly) more stable versions. =2D Guix can update all packages without hanging Emacs. =2D Guix can update all packages from the commandline, i.e. it can be scrip= ted. =2D Guix can rollback Emacs packages. Emacs package updates and system program updates can belong to the same transaction: this enforces the integrity of the software stack at the user level. =2D Guix allows for sharing package files among several users on a multi-us= er system. And possible downsides: =2D package.el provides more up-to-date packages through MELPA but if we really want to be more cutting edge (i.e. for development), we are usually better off cloning the repository anyway. =2D Guix is basically duplicating the effort of (M)ELPA. What's your take on this? =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlrDDmgACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH+10AgAhcjEPnxFtwCJSErJQ8RLGHg8a/2O7XODXpD+ldgjmrV1M1fB9fIjeO/r ATgKWyRrSpXtiWQEvlI6LQBaLtaTXAMZemPeL1Zaru1rcxCTcnFwNzBDx979T3ob UQILQFNFIo7ebY4sn4sSsq5IX/0EgbeJHCElxH71z0/2tUJtORwFL1+IlGr6Zz5O hetvtQzhbRzVR+O4UYBc+6w/ai1fmD7ms1elG4UDKocy5KHINPwQhSXEVyVsbV9b GP9dSJC2byyc/sCbdnkBolGxtfW2FsH3MhQxyNHJ2EcsLuLAcq+0A9g+RsswSSSd 4naulR4UuxgczYR1WYIUJ62V4Wdaxg== =mq+F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--