Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > >>> Plus I think profiles are still maybe the most confusing thing to a >>> newcomer and they are not explicit in the configuration. >> >> In what way do you think profiles are confusing to a newcomer? Looking >> at this with a fresh eye would be helpful! > > I agree with this, I would welcome moving the profile chapter to the > foreground. I expect it to be something new to the majority of the > users. > > Like many other "modern" concepts in Guix, we need to teach them > explicitly, since implicit teaching can discourage many users. > > For instance, we can explain how to use a manifest to maintain the > default profile, how to use "guix install -p PROFILE..." to maintain a > separate profile, how to effectively use them by either call > ~/my-profile/bin/my-program or by sourcing etc/profile, etc.
That makes sense to me. Perhaps we could have a “Managing Profiles” section right before or after “Invoking guix package”, and/or move introductory material from “Invoking guix package” into a new “Package Management Overview” section right before “Invoking guix package”, and explicitly introduce the notion of a profile and give examples like those you mention. That’d be a welcome improvement! Ludo’.
