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Hi,

Now that Cuirass uses (guix git), I'm trying to robustify specification
evaluation. Currently Cuirass calls a binary called "evaluate" to get a
job list from a specification.

I don't like the idea of this extra "evaluate" script because :

* We have to give evaluate almost all arguments given to Cuirass
  (load-path, package-path, cachedir, spec, database).
* The script is made available for the user but it's very unclear how to
  call it. The help says : "Usage evaluate FILE" which is wrong (5
  arguments are expected).

So my question is, is this a strong requirement to have a separate
script to parse specification, or can I put this stuff back in main
Cuirass program ?

Thanks,

Mathieu