myg...@gmail.com writes: >> One thing that’s still an open question is how we should treat Guix >> itself in that channelized world. >> >> Should Guix be a “normal” channel? It’s tempting to think of it as a >> regular channel; however, it’s definitely “special” in that it can >> update the ‘guix’ command, maybe guix-daemon & co., locale data, etc. >> How does that affect ‘guix channel’? > > ISTM this design allows channels to inject non-free &/or non-safe > components into other user's Guix systems. Is that true?
If one user could override the daemon or the guix command *for other users* that wouldn’t be okay. The simple channel draft would not make this possible. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
