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[PATCH 0/8] Exporting a manifest and channels from a profile

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Message #67 received at 45919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>, Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>,
 45919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45919: [PATCH 0/8] Exporting a manifest and channels from a
 profile
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:23:42 +0100

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Yes, but it needs a lot of re-work and change, IMHO.  And we ends with 3
> files: $GUIX_PROFILE/manifest capturing the states of $GUIX_PROFILE and
> the 2 others deducing an approximation of these states.  Well, IMHO,
> automatically produce this approximation at each «action» on the profile
> adds complexity and I am not convinced it is worth.

Yeah.

Actually, part of the code would be shared anyway, so we could always go
with ‘--export-manifest’ first and think about adding the extra files
later.  (Though I’m still unsure about these extra files, TBH.)

Ludo’.

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