Hello, I’ve pushed a new branch, ‘wip-bags’, which changes the way build systems work. Basically, it introduces an intermediate representation between packages and derivations, called “bags.”
The main difference between a bag and a package is that a bag lists all the inputs of the build process, including the “implicit inputs” added by the build system. This simplifies the code and should unlock nifty features like ‘guix environment’ and “grafts” (a trick for faster security updates; more on that later.) Comments welcome! Ludo’.
