Hi Pierre, Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > >> I think there were several issues we discussed: > > Allow me to reiterate, at the risk of bikeshedding... :) > >> 1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing >> an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be >> deceptive. > > Why is an approximate file more of a problem than a command producing > an approximate result? We could include a warning comment at the top of > the file to make it explicit that it's approximate. > >> 2. It’s easy to maintain compatibility over a data format, but it’s >> much harder to maintain compatibility for code. > > I'm confused: my suggestion is to add a new data format, so isn't it > better then? We seem to be talking past each other. IMO, exporting a file is easily done and better than nothing. I think we should be pragmatic. If you want, maybe you can prototype something that we could discuss? Thanks, Ludo’.