On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 06:12:09PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: > Hello, > > when upgrading packages, there is a check for new GNU releases. > In the presence of network problems preventing to reach the corresponding > servers, the command "guix package -u" hangs indefinitely. > > It would be nice to add a (short) time-out to the procedure looking > for updates, or better yet, to add a command line flag to turn it off: > Even when the servers are reachable, checking for new versions takes > a considerable amount of time that can be saved in many circumstances. > > Personally, I would not even mind turning this feature off completely; > I think we update packages sufficiently often and the message is rather > distracting.
It does seem out of place while upgrading. It could be considered extraneous to the features of `guix refresh`. > > Andreas > > > >
