> Even so, if one insisted on using the recutils output in a programmatic > fashion (e.g. in a bash script), it would be best to run “guix build > --source” on the package names to obtain the actual source tarballs that > are used by Guix.
I don't disagree. Alex what do you think? This is a technical reason to drop the patch. I can live with this no problem. I just don't like it when I feel someone is serving me BS. But I'm sorry for getting upset and overreacting.