Subject: [bug#74633] [PATCH] ui: Search channels for guix extensions

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:25:43 +0100

Hello,

Brian Kubisiak <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * guix/describe.scm (add-channels-to-load-path!): New function.
> * gnu/packages.scm (%package-module-path): Call new function. Remove
> the code that the function call replaces.
> * guix/ui.scm (extension-directories): Call new function. Search
> channels for guix extensions.
> * guix/self.scm (compiled-guix)[*core-modules*]: Add 'guile-git' to
> the list of extensions.
>
> Change-Id: I53af828dc554485ca28389c9e2653ea6b4fb6b7e

Before looking further, note that Carlo (Cc’d) has been looking into
this as well:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74425

So there’s a real need :-) and perhaps ways both can be merged.

Ludo’.