GNU bug report logs - #65550
Don't add propagated-inputs for all outputs

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Message #49 received at 65550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: iyzsong <at> envs.net
Cc: 65550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#65550] [PATCH] profiles: Don't propagate inputs for
 non-development packages.
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:38:03 +0200

Hello!

iyzsong <at> envs.net skribis:

> From: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>
>
> * guix/profiles.scm (package->manifest-entry): Only include propagated inputs
> from a package for its "dev" output, or its "out" output if the package
> doesn't have a "dev" one.

What’s the rationale?

Right now, there’s only one package with an output called “dev”:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix package -A |cut -f3|grep dev|wc -l
1
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

So the focus on “dev” is debatable.

More importantly, this would break things like:

  guix shell python python-scipy -C -- python3 -c 'import numpy'

… where ‘python-numpy’ is propagated by ‘python-scipy’.

Definitely not something we want to change.

WDYT?

Ludo’.

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