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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Build systems and implicit inputs
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:07:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8uxq7ph.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ3okZ1SqtfyVuLYWYxD3sUv-0zkkrUObd5exQN7HQVuFELpsA@mail.gmail.com>

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zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Ludo,
>
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 11:56, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> > The solution to your problem in my opinion is simply to expose just the
>> > right amount of options through #:arguments for all build systems.
>> > Would that be satisfactory to you?
>>
>> I think the issue of tweaking the build system and its implicit inputs
>> must be addressed separately.  We first need a good API to do that.
>> When we have it, it’ll be nice and easy to drive it via package
>> parameters.  :-)
>
> Now I have a better understanding about "package parameters", I agree
> that it is 2 separate stories.

Hmm... but does it have to?  It seems to me that we would gain a lot in
keeping those parameters general enough and not separate the handling of
the build system from the rest.  It would be simpler and more powerful.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-21 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-14 11:54 Parameterized packages Ludovic Courtès
2019-05-14 15:17 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-05-17 14:23   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-05-17 18:15   ` Mark H Weaver
2019-07-19  5:41     ` Chris Marusich
2019-07-19 20:29     ` ison
2020-01-02 19:23       ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-09 11:10         ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-09 23:13           ` Marius Bakke
2020-01-10 12:29             ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-10 16:19         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-11 11:31           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-14 15:05             ` zimoun
2020-01-15  9:40               ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-15 11:30                 ` zimoun
2020-01-15 11:51                   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-15 13:54                     ` zimoun
2020-01-16 19:06                       ` ison
2020-01-16 20:55                         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-01-17 16:34                           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-17  9:15                         ` L p R n d n
2020-01-17 16:46                           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-17 15:53                         ` zimoun
2020-01-17 16:56                           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-20 14:34                             ` zimoun
2020-01-21 10:56                             ` Build systems and implicit inputs Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-21 12:24                               ` zimoun
2020-01-21 13:07                                 ` Pierre Neidhardt [this message]
2020-01-21 18:02                                   ` zimoun
2020-01-19 20:34                           ` Parameterized packages Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-20  9:08                             ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-20 14:50                               ` zimoun
2020-01-20 18:57                                 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-20 19:07                                   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-20 22:57                                   ` ison
2020-01-21 10:09                                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-21 10:49                                     ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-21 12:15                                   ` zimoun
2020-01-21 13:13                                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-21 19:04                                       ` zimoun
2020-01-22  9:54                                         ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-22 12:23                                           ` zimoun
2020-01-24 21:56                                             ` ison
2020-01-26 19:35                                               ` zimoun
2020-01-27 10:13                                                 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-27 11:23                                                   ` zimoun
2020-01-27 11:50                                                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-27 12:34                                                       ` zimoun
2020-01-27 10:04                                               ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-25 18:52                                             ` John Soo
2020-01-27 10:17                                               ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-20 14:12                             ` zimoun
2020-01-17 16:31                         ` Pierre Neidhardt
     [not found]                         ` <875zhbvzfz.fsf@guixSD.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
2020-01-17 16:41                           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-19 20:30                           ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-15 11:43                 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-01-15 11:44           ` Pierre Neidhardt

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