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[66.158.153.107]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u1-20020a05621411a100b005dd8b9345besm1892037qvv.86.2023.03.25.19.26.17 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:26:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: more package transformations: overrides References: <87y1nphzqy.fsf@elephly.net> <87bkkkhd4l.fsf@gmail.com> <87pm90ikou.fsf@elephly.net> <874jqcfa4o.fsf@gmail.com> <87cz4zijag.fsf@elephly.net> <871qle1g9r.fsf@gmail.com> <87r0tdgqbu.fsf@elephly.net> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:26:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87r0tdgqbu.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:55:53 +0100") Message-ID: <87pm8wp7sn.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::f30; envelope-from=maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com; helo=mail-qv1-xf30.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: X-Migadu-Queue-Id: BF1AD30F46 X-Spam-Score: -10.77 X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -10.77 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-TUID: K2Xm526zaEQ3 Hello, Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Maxim Cournoyer writes: > >>> I think it would improve usability to be able to use the *same* names in >>> an override file. Got a package with name =E2=80=9Cpython-pytorch=E2= =80=9D in that >>> file? It replaces =E2=80=9Cpython-pytorch=E2=80=9D in the graph. >> >> It's still a bit too abstract in my mind. Could you please provide a >> skeletton of what the overrides file would look like? > > It would just like a file you=E2=80=99d pass to =E2=80=9Cguix build -f=E2= =80=9D, except that it > wouldn=E2=80=99t need to evaluate to a single package. It would contain = a bunch > of package definitions. > > This would replace the need to set GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH (or pass -L) to a > directory containing a module, and set up package transformations for > each package. > > It would also be lighter than requiring the use of a manifest, which can > get rather complicated when more than a few packages are to be replaced > in the graph. I see. I can see how that could be convenient, but I'm a bit wary of introducing yet another way to rewrite inputs (we have the CLI and the manifest already). On the other hand, the stdin/--args-file trick could be universally useful and be a way to leverage the CLI in a more user/vcs-friendly way (the CLI should be easier to approach than writing a package definition -- if it's not let's discuss how to improve it), so perhaps we could start with implementing that? --=20 Thanks, Maxim