On 28-07-2022 01:15, Ryan Prior wrote:
Why isn't node a dependency for node-mersenne though?
It is. node-mersenne uses node-build-system, which has node (or node-lts, dunno) in its implicit inputs.
Did you mean: 'Why isn't node propagated?'For the same reasons as why any plugins don't propagate the thing they are plugging in, and why any library doesn't propagate its interpreter:
* There is more than one implementation, how would Guix know which one you'd like? * Propagation stops you from separately updating the library and the interpreter (with "guix package -u this-package", or time machines, or defining a package variant). (Actually, "guix package -u this-package" will ‘succeed’ because collision detection is disabled IIUC, but you can't decide which one wins) * ??? Also, see my answer on 'Is there really a use case for shipping ...’.
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