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From: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Cc: Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: more package transformations: overrides
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o7ol1252.fsf@jpoiret.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y1nphzqy.fsf@elephly.net>

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Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> when using package transformations the command line can become crowded
> very quickly.  Sometimes I would like to be able to provide a file
> containing a set of alternative packages that are used recursively in
> the package dependency graph, as some sort of override.

Seems like a good idea!  Cc'ing Sarthak as they might be also interested
in implementing this, as a good first experience with package
transformations.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-22 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-22  9:55 more package transformations: overrides Ricardo Wurmus
2023-03-22 11:00 ` Josselin Poiret [this message]
2023-03-22 14:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-22 18:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-22 20:36   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-03-23  2:56     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-23  9:32       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-03-24  8:21         ` Sarthak Shah
2023-03-24 12:30           ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-24 14:05             ` Sarthak Shah
2023-03-24 16:09               ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-24 12:32         ` Maxim Cournoyer
     [not found]           ` <87r0tdgqbu.fsf@elephly.net>
2023-03-26  2:26             ` Maxim Cournoyer

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