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[PATCH 00/10] Add 'guix shell' to subsume 'guix environment'

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From: Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherine.e <at> gmail.com>
To: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>
Cc: 50960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: [bug#50960] [EXT] Re: [bug#50960] [PATCH 00/10] Add 'guix shell' to subsume 'guix environment'
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:24:36 -0500

"Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu> writes:

> I don't think your fear should outweigh the immense user friendliness
> of having some established conventions to ease development.  Every
> mainstream developer tool I use in the professional word has
> conventions like this, and the result is that it is quick and easy to
> jump into a new project and get the software you need to be
> productive.  Guix needs to embrace this kind of usability if it hopes
> to offer a real alternative to these other tools.  'guix shell' with
> no other arguments should "just work" in the context of whatever
> project I am in.
>
> - Dave

I agree with this.

-- 
Katherine

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