Hello
>From [1], the old input style (which is now deprecated) allows us to assign
a string label to an origin. E.g. if we have an origin called my-input
(define my-input (origin ...))
then the old input style allows us to provide it as an input to a package
and give it a label at the same time, like so:
(define pkg-a
(package (inputs `(("my-input-label" ,my-input)))))
This label can be useful when defining a package variant. E.g.
(inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs pkg-a)
(delete "my-input-label")))
With the new input style, we write:
(package (inputs (list my-input)))
Does our input still have a label we can refer to in a package variant? If
the input was a package, we could refer to it by the package's name
string. But what about for an origin input?
Thanks
Jake
[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/package-Reference.html
