GNU bug report logs - #33519
[PATCH 0/4] Reporting grafts in the user interface

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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From: Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rekado <at> elephly.net, 33519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#33519] [PATCH 0/4] Reporting grafts in the user interface
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:50:56 +0100
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hello Guix!
>
> These patches add UI hints so that grafting derivations can be
> distinguished from more expensive derivations, as suggested by
> Ricardo a while back.

[...]

> Overall this makes operations more transparent.  Advanced users
> will know what this means, and hopefully others will notice that
> grafting is a relatively fast operation and discover that it has to
> do with security updates.
>
> Thoughts?

This is awesome!  And I imagine it will allow to distinguish packages
and tests in Cuirass :-)




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