Hi, On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 17:24, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> I think there were several issues we discussed: > > 1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing > an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be > deceptive. > > 2. It’s easy to maintain compatibility over a data format, but it’s > much harder to maintain compatibility for code. > > I think we discussed these issues the best we could in the megathread, > so I’m personally in favor of moving forward in a pragmatic way. By pragmatic way, you mean: - let the format of <profile>/manifest as it is, - write '--export-manifest' as an approximation right? Well, I personally changed my workflow and now I always use manifest files. And the situation that I described in the manifest about the "Working Scientific" doing install, pull, install, pull, remove, install, etc. is rooted in bad practises, so it should be avoided. Therefore, I agree that '--export-manifest' is the right approach, as an helping tool; too bad for some corner cases. :-) All the best, simon