taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:
> As an example of the pedagogic benefit of categorizing the commands: > many users coming from other package managers are confused as to what > exactly "installing" a package is in Guix. It actually consists of two > steps, 1. to ensure the package is in the store (by building or > downloading), and 2. adding it to the user's profile. But the term > "install" doesn't reflect this, and makes users think in terms of > traditional package managers where installing a package means putting > its files into /usr. Introducing newcomers to a command like 'guix > profile add' as the primary means of adding a package to their > environment, and briefly explaining the "transparently makes sure the > package is in the store" part, would have them immediately learn one of > the basic working principles of Guix. Good point, I like it. :-) Ludo’.
