Subject: Re: [bug#66577] [PATCH 0/4] Newcomer-oriented improvements to the manual and cookbook

From: Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:05:58 +0200

Hello,

> regarding the section on multiple profiles in the cookbook (I’ve seen
> newcomers attempt to adopt that software management style on their
> systems, when it’s complex and in fact largely unnecessary since the
> addition of a fast cache in ‘guix shell’).

It is clear that "guix shell" is now an easier alternative to manual
profile management. So that commit:

>
>   doc: cookbook: Suggest ‘guix shell’ as an alternative to multiple
>     profiles.

and the rest of the series looks good to me.

Thanks,

Mathieu