nesting with-imported-modules

2020-02-01 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi Guix, it seems that it is impossible to nest with-imported-modules. A gexp that is wrapped in multiple layers of with-imported-modules won’t depend on the list of all mentioned modules but only on the outermost. This is because with-imported-modules sets the current-imported-modules parameter

Thoughts on stateful services in Guix

2020-02-01 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hello, As a result of FOSDEM conversations today I felt inspired to put some thoughts on paper about an area where I think we currently run into complications. Not sure if it is appropriate to write this blog-post-ish contribution here, but as I don't have a blog, and it's about Guix development,

Re: Rust packaging coordination

2020-02-01 Thread John Soo
Hi Andreas and everyone, Patches for exa are in #39382 > I have started packaging i3status-rust[1]. This is motivated primarily > by scratching my own itch, and to become more familiar with Guix > packaging. Excellent! Welcome and have fun! > - The dependency tree includes a portion of Rusts as

Re: Rust packaging coordination

2020-02-01 Thread Andreas Rottmann
John Soo writes: > Hi rust packagers, > > We have: ripgrep, tokei, cbindgen. > > [ ... exa and alacritty ] > > I also have: racer, rustfmt, fd and pijul. > > What should we do next? > I have started packaging i3status-rust[1]. This is motivated primarily by scratching my own itch, and to become m