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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: Should updaters suggest changes to inputs?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:46:27 +0200
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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> Do you think “guix refresh” should also mention changes to inputs?
[…]
> Like if you were rerunning `guix import foo bar'?

Exactly, that’s the idea.  The updater has to look up upstream
information anyway, so it might as well import and compare the inputs.
If the importers produce high-quality expressions, this would be rather
useful, I think.

~~ Ricardo