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Re: [OT, deeply] Guix

From	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: [OT, deeply] Guix
Date	2021-11-12 16:10 +0100
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>> I would love to see Debian move towards a model like that of NixOS or
>> Guix.  One of the main benefits I see of those systems is that it has
>> a declarative description of what the system should contain.
> I can't see the point. You can have the Guix package manager¹ now, as
> it allegedly installs on top of "foreign distros" (their term).
> It appears to me that you need well-resourced machines to benefit by its
> ability to have different versions of packages for the system, and
> yet more for individual users. I'm not typically in that position.

The way packages are installed is one part of Guix/Nix.
That's not the part I referred to.

We can have a declarative description of what the system should contain
without having to use NixOS/Guix's system where every package is
installed into a separate subdirectory, and without supporting
multiple-simultaneous-versions.


        Stefan

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[OT, deeply] Guix riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 01:50 +0200
  Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2021-10-26 12:10 +0200
  Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-10-26 15:30 +0200
    Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-11-07 08:30 +0100
    Re: [OT, deeply] Guix didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 12:40 +0100
      Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-07 15:00 +0100
        Re: [OT, deeply] Guix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-08 16:10 +0100
          Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-11-08 17:00 +0100
            Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-08 22:50 +0100
              Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-09 04:30 +0100
                Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-10 23:30 +0100
                Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-11 10:00 +0100
              Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-11-09 13:40 +0100
          Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-09 04:20 +0100
            Re: [OT, deeply] Guix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-11 06:20 +0100
              Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-12 16:10 +0100

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