Hi Robert,
> Has it been considered to track applications and libraries > separately? Along the lines of: > > - package definitions could have a `type` field, or a `library` > flag or similar This dichotomy falls apart with many bioinformatics packages that provide both libraries and executables, where neither of the two types is prioritized. > - `guix search` would ignore library packages by default I think it’s valid for users to want to install libraries. For Python, for example, installing modules that don’t provide any executables appears to be the norm. -- Ricardo
