Ludovic Courtès (2016-03-14 01:01 +0300) wrote: > myglc2 <myg...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Guix is "stateful" because, to use a git checkout, I have to set "state" >> variables like ... >> >> (setq guix-directory "/home/glc/src/guix") >> >> (let ((dir "~/dev/guix/emacs")) >> (add-to-list 'load-path dir) >> (setq guix-load-path dir) >> (require 'guix-init nil t)) >> >> '(safe-local-variable-values >> (quote >> ((bug-reference-bug-regexp . >> "<https?://\\(debbugs\\|bugs\\)\\.gnu\\.org/\\([0-9]+\\)>"))))) >> (custom-set-faces >> >> /home/glc/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘../../src/guix' >> /root/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘/home/glc/src/GUI’ >> >> >> Guix would be less stateful (AKA more "stateless") if instead I could >> put something like ... >> >> (guix >> (#:use-git #t) >> (#:git-directory:"~/src/guix")) > > It seems to me that it’s not a question of “statefulness”, but rather a > question of how much configuration is needed to have guix.el use the > Guix that you want.
I agree. If someone want to use a "non-installed" software, (s)he has to do some additional configuration. I don't see how to reduce such a configuration to set up emacs code from a guix git checkout. -- Alex
