Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > Jelle Licht <jli...@fsfe.org> skribis: > >> As a small extra, I have also worked on getting Timothy Sample's >> 'binary' npm importer to work with the contemporary guix import and >> guile-json APIs; I'd like some insight into whether this binary importer >> could still hold some value for inclusion in guix proper[3]. I could >> still add this code to the branch as well if there is interest. > > I think it would make sense to include this importer. The manual should > warn about the fact that it does not yield built-from-source packages > and perhaps give pointers on how to address that, but it can still be > useful, and probably even more useful if it’s in Guix proper. > > Thoughts?
Agreed! I still need to rework some of the recursive importer-related plumbing in Guix proper for everything to play nicely with the multitude of versions of packages that are required for pretty much anything. - Jelle
