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taylanbayirli@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer") skribis:

> As an example of the pedagogic benefit of categorizing the commands:
> many users coming from other package managers are confused as to what
> exactly "installing" a package is in Guix.  It actually consists of two
> steps, 1. to ensure the package is in the store (by building or
> downloading), and 2. adding it to the user's profile.  But the term
> "install" doesn't reflect this, and makes users think in terms of
> traditional package managers where installing a package means putting
> its files into /usr.  Introducing newcomers to a command like 'guix
> profile add' as the primary means of adding a package to their
> environment, and briefly explaining the "transparently makes sure the
> package is in the store" part, would have them immediately learn one of
> the basic working principles of Guix.

Good point, I like it.  :-)

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