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Subject: Re: 'guix environment' as a build tool.
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:09:41 +0200
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To: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
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Hi!

"Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrot=
e:
>> Conversely, useful metadata is missing: for instance, I=E2=80=99d like t=
o add
>> something that would allow me to specify the equivalent of =E2=80=98--ne=
twork
>> --expose=3D$HOME/.gdbinit=E2=80=99 in development environments I use.
>>
>> Perhaps the solution is to introduce a new way to declare development
>> environments?  It would be similar to =E2=80=98package=E2=80=99, but wit=
hout =E2=80=98synopsis=E2=80=99,
>> =E2=80=98description=E2=80=99, and a couple other things; it could have =
additional
>> fields to describe container setups and such likes; it would compile
>> down to a bag, just like packages.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> Hmm, that sounds like a good idea.  Maybe I'll try to write a
> prototype sometime.  The downside of this method is that one could no
> longer use the same expression as input to 'guix build -f' or 'guix
> package -f'.

Good point.  That would be a drawback of the approach, but probably we
can support both styles.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.