Hi,
zimoun skribis:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 12:16, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> However, doing such composition on a per-package basis and as the
>> default way of composing packages is inefficient and, more importantly,
>> the resulting compositions may not work. A package written for Python
Hi,
On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 12:16, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> However, doing such composition on a per-package basis and as the
> default way of composing packages is inefficient and, more importantly,
> the resulting compositions may not work. A package written for Python 2
> may not work with Py
Hi,
zimoun skribis:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 11:38, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> However, it might give the false idea that users can pick
>> package versions independently (as in: I want esbuild X, GCC Y, and Go
>> Z), which is not really the case: packages are interrelated.
>
> Someone tried t
Hi Ludo,
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 11:38, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> However, it might give the false idea that users can pick
> package versions independently (as in: I want esbuild X, GCC Y, and Go
> Z), which is not really the case: packages are interrelated.
Someone tried that on help-guix. The
Hi,
Thanks for your inputs.
On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 22:08, Ryan Prior wrote:
> I propose a different approach: the "guix versions" subcommand provides
> direct answers to practical user questions.
> - What package versions are available?
> - How do I use them?
> - Which versions are known to be
Hi!
Ryan Prior skribis:
> I propose a different approach: the "guix versions" subcommand provides
> direct answers to practical user questions.
> - What package versions are available?
> - How do I use them?
> - Which versions are known to be vulnerable?
> - Which have available substitutes?
>
>
Hi there! I've been following the "guix git" discourse with interest
because I know a lot of people who care about pinning packages to
specific versions and selecting specific versions of software to
install. This constituency currently relies heavily on systems like rvm,
nvm, and conda to manage t
