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[PATCH 00/11] Improved tooling for package updates

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Message #173 received at 74542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, 74542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#74542] [PATCH v2 05/16] packages: Factorize
 ‘all-packages’.
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:53:45 +0900

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> * gnu/packages.scm (all-packages): New procedure.
> * etc/source-manifest.scm (all-packages): Remove.
> * guix/scripts/graph.scm (all-packages): Remove.
> * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (all-packages): Remove.
> * guix/scripts/weather.scm (all-packages): Remove.

LGTM.

[...]

> @@ -253,6 +254,23 @@ (define* (fold-packages proc init
>                                  init
>                                  modules))
>  
> +(define all-packages
> +  (mlambda ()
> +    "Return the list of all public packages, including replacements and hidden
> +packages, excluding superseded packages."

Reading the above doc made me question; are replacements always supposed
to be made public?  I typically would leave them private to avoid
cluttering the CLI with duplicate packages.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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