Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-05-22 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 11:23:23PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > What would be stable in the “stable branch”, packages or Guix? :-) > > > > A branch where Guix itself is stable would be nice, though it would need > > careful merging from master regularly. > > This wo

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-05-22 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Petter skribis: > >> If I may make a suggestion, coming from a place of ignorance. >> >> How about a stable branch that would be opt-in? > > What would be stable in the “stable branch”, packages or Guix? :-) > > A branch where Guix itself is stable would be nice, thou

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-05-02 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Petter skribis: > If I may make a suggestion, coming from a place of ignorance. > > How about a stable branch that would be opt-in? What would be stable in the “stable branch”, packages or Guix? :-) A branch where Guix itself is stable would be nice, though it would need careful merging from m

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-27 Thread Petter
If I may make a suggestion, coming from a place of ignorance. How about a stable branch that would be opt-in? On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:29:53 +0200 l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote: > Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > > > It’s a little unfortunate that packages are developed together with > > everyth

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-27 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > It’s a little unfortunate that packages are developed together with > everything else, because this means that there is no way for people to > opt out of breaking changes until the next release without also opting > out of getting any updates at all. It’s both a strengt

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-23 Thread ng0
Ricardo Wurmus transcribed 1.0K bytes: > > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > > As for posting the change before applying it, I should do more of that. > > I’ve taken the bad habit of pushing what I consider as “simple” changes > > directly to the repo, but perhaps the criteria should be reconsidered.

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-23 Thread ng0
Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.7K bytes: > Hi ng0, > > ng0 skribis: > > > Let's take this thread, starting at > > "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-04/msg00329.html";. > > Ludovic worked on something, pushed it, did some changes to the relevant > > documentation but further exam

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-23 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > As for posting the change before applying it, I should do more of that. > I’ve taken the bad habit of pushing what I consider as “simple” changes > directly to the repo, but perhaps the criteria should be reconsidered. > :-) I think it’s fine to push simple changes dir

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi ng0, ng0 skribis: > Let's take this thread, starting at > "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-04/msg00329.html";. > Ludovic worked on something, pushed it, did some changes to the relevant > documentation but further examples in the documentation which are now > affected weren

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-22 Thread ng0
Ricardo Wurmus transcribed 0.7K bytes: > > ng0 writes: > > > I want an formal, publicly tracked (not *just* on the mailinglist) RFC > > (like in Rust or similar projects) procedure for all things which > > can break currently existing configurations. Introducing these changes would > > require

Re: We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-22 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
ng0 writes: > I want an formal, publicly tracked (not *just* on the mailinglist) RFC (like > in Rust or similar projects) procedure for all things which > can break currently existing configurations. Introducing these changes would > require to document properly what needs to changed so that pe

We need an RFC procedure [Re: Services can now have a default value]

2017-04-21 Thread ng0
Carlo Zancanaro transcribed 2.2K bytes: > On Fri, Apr 21 2017, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > A ‘define-service-type’ macro or similar could generate either code the > > current framework (with and and > > ) or for SRFI-99-style records if we later to go that > > route. > > > > So I think we should s