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[RFC PATCH 0/1] Add logging capability to Guix

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <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: [bug#68946] [RFC PATCH 0/1] Add logging capability to Guix
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:28:06 +0900

Hi Simon,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 at 12:44, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>>> I understand the concern, but I think to be able to trace execution
>>> easily at run time with a simple `--log-level=debug' would provide value
>>> enough (as a developer aid) to justify it.
>>
>> Again, I lack imagination; where would you use it today?
>>
>> I think we should only add this facility once it has at least one user.
>> Otherwise people using ‘--log-level’ would be disappointed.  :-)
>
> I propose a candidate: guix pull. ;-) See:
>
>         toward a plan? (was Re: Reducing "You found a bug" reports)
>         Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
>         Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:51:09 +0200
>         id:87wmjjd0ki.fsf <at> gmail.com
>         https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-09
>         https://yhetil.org/guix/87wmjjd0ki.fsf <at> gmail.com

Good idea! Another candidate: 'guix refresh'

Anytime I want to understand what is going on I need to sprinkle tens of
peeks (pk), which is not fun nor efficient.

E.g., just right now, I was curious to know more about what it did try:

guix refresh: warning: updater failed to determine available releases
for pharo

If I visit
https://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo-spur64-headless/Linux-x86_64/source/ it
seems it should be able to infer something.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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