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[PATCH 0/4] Reporting grafts in the user interface

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Message #36 received at 33519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 33519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#33519] [PATCH 0/4] Reporting grafts in the user interface
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:56:14 +0100

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org> writes:
>
>> 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!
>
> I agree!  This looks great.
>
>> And I imagine it will allow to distinguish packages
>> and tests in Cuirass :-)
>
> How would that work?

As a way to link Cuirass packages to tools like hpcguix-web.  It's not a
priority though.

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