>sam. 10 janv. 2026 at 20:43, Ekaitz Zarraga <[email protected]> wrote:
> What I meant here is we can use the concept of "toolchain" we already have so > people can > install everything together in one `guix install` or `guix shell` command. > That could be > great! > > We could use some of that. In the end, toolchains are just packages that > include a set of > packages. So we have the mechanism for that already and we could make use of > it. > > Kicad is an obvious example I think, the symbols and the libraries are > separated, so you > have to install all. Maybe a "toolchain"-like package that had all those > together could be > a good idea. > > For FPGAs we could do something similar. The set of packages that are > normally used for > FPGAs are almost always the same, we could combine them in just one. You’re absolutely right, I never thought of that this way: a bundle of tools for the task at hand. "Kicad" for all kicad-whaterver, "fpga" for all fpga development related, etc. I like the idea.
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