myglc2 <myg...@gmail.com> skribis: > Guix is "stateful" because, to use a git checkout, I have to set "state" > variables like ... > > (setq guix-directory "/home/glc/src/guix") > > (let ((dir "~/dev/guix/emacs")) > (add-to-list 'load-path dir) > (setq guix-load-path dir) > (require 'guix-init nil t)) > > '(safe-local-variable-values > (quote > ((bug-reference-bug-regexp . > "<https?://\\(debbugs\\|bugs\\)\\.gnu\\.org/\\([0-9]+\\)>"))))) > (custom-set-faces > > /home/glc/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘../../src/guix' > /root/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘/home/glc/src/GUI’ > > > Guix would be less stateful (AKA more "stateless") if instead I could > put something like ... > > (guix > (#:use-git #t) > (#:git-directory:"~/src/guix"))
It seems to me that it’s not a question of “statefulness”, but rather a question of how much configuration is needed to have guix.el use the Guix that you want. Ludo’.