On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 9:55 AM Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2021-11-08, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> In contrast, with NixOS/Guix that list is available in a plain text > >> >> editable file. > > > > I'm not sure I'd call scheme a "plain text". Or do you mean something > > other than the file that commences with: > > > > (operating-system > > ;; ... > > > >> > in Debian there is /var/lib/apt/extended_states > >> > > I thought plain text meant "a pure sequence of character codes" without > any formatting information attached to it (e.g. HTML) or something. As >
Here's the thing. We already have many ways to install debian and any other kind of linux-like OS in a completely declarative way. We don't need to learn a programming language to do it. Here are some of those ways: Saltstack, Puppet, chef, ansible, AWS Cloudformation, XML.... And we're at the point where the upfront learning of those tools pays-off later EVEN for single servers and desktops. Cause installation can be a pain sometimes, on slightly oddball platforms especially, your install tool config becomes a backup mechanism cause your desktop is too big to backup :-) etc. etc. Why not embrace the monster? Ship debian to be autoconfigged, not installed.... Just thinking out loud :-)
