GNU bug report logs - #50960
[PATCH 00/10] Add 'guix shell' to subsume 'guix environment'

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Package: guix-patches;

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 10:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #140 received at 50960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Subject: Re: [bug#50960] [PATCH 10/10] shell: Maintain a profile cache.
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:20:58 +0200

Hi,

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 10:52, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> In such situations, I err on the side of not even trying.  The added
> complexity for a flaky result doesn’t pay off to me.  I prefer to be
> upfront, document limitations, and let users handle them as they see
> fit.

I agree.  Just a flag for forcing seems be worth here.  For this
dependencies use-case or simply for debugging.

Cheers,
simon
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