Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefl...@bjoernhoefling.de> writes: > On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:17:21 +0100 > Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> wrote:
[...] >> Sounds good. “--install”, “--roll-back”, and maybe even “--manifest” >> for stateless installations would be good topics to cover. > > Is "--manifest" really "daily use" for a Guix newbie? it *should* be, it's strongly advised: using manifests has a _very_ little learning curve, it's a **huge** enhancement at a very little cost; every Guix user *must* know this from the very beginning at first a newbie *could* not fully understand and appreciate this, but this distinguishing feature must stimulate each and every newbie to understand the underling concept of declarative stateless installation ...aka: Guix is very smart as a package manager (with rollbacks too!), but it'm much more than a package manager ...just my two cents :-) [...] Thanks! Giovanni -- Giovanni Biscuolo Xelera IT Infrastructures
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