Subject: Re: [bug#53829] [PATCH] gnu: Add jj.

From: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:56:02 +0100

jgart schreef op zo 06-02-2022 om 20:20 [-0500]:
> Thank you for the review! Could you explain the reason for this change? Is
> there a mailing list thread I can read regarding the practice of using
> gexps for those variables in #:make-flags. It would be much appreciated.

It is part of the effort to remove the dependency on magic %global-
variables and input labels, see the blog post
<https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2021/the-big-change/>. That blog post
doesn't mention %outputs and #$output though.

Greetings,
Maxime.