Splitting up the operating-system configuration

2019-10-13 Thread Daniel Schäfer
Hi, when my system configuration file grows large, I want to split it up into multiple files. For example, I'd like to have a set of basic configurations for all of my systems, one for just the laptops, one for all systems with a GUI and so on. On NixOS I have been doing this by using

Re: [Blog/Cookbook?] On multiple Guix profiles and manifests

2019-10-13 Thread Chris Marusich
Pierre Neidhardt writes: > While the documentation refers to profiles and manifests, it does not tell > much > of the use cases and the practical benefits. I just wanted to chime in and say I think a post about this, or a cookbook section on it, would be great. I'm sure there are many people

Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew

2019-10-13 Thread Alexandre François Garreau
Le dimanche 13 octobre 2019, 15:05:06 CEST Kete via Discussions about the development of the GNU system a écrit : > Besides, there is no way these men are getting these transactions > without assault or coercion taking place. Just because Epstein mediated > that force so that the clients didn't

Errors in modules are suppressed?

2019-10-13 Thread Daniel Schäfer
Hi all, I'm using modules to split up my system configuration in multiple files (not sure whether that's the right approach). However, when a used module contains an error, `guix system` does not provide a helpful error message, it just says:   $ sudo guix system build config.scm  

Re: Thoughts on the Joint statement on the GNU Project

2019-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > Unfortunately, both Selam Gano Seam Gano is pound scum. If I could think of a better term I would. > The statement claims that Stallman has been alienating a large part of > the target audience. People have said that for decades but nobody made a petition on a major Gnu Project. > It

Re: Reminder to remain civil

2019-10-13 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-10-13 15:07, Ricardo Wurmus escribió: > Quiliro Ordóñez writes: > >> So we are officially on a censored list […] > > This is not the place to argue about this. help-guix is not for you to > elaborate on what you consider censorship, it is a list for people to > get help with Guix. > >

Re: Reminder to remain civil

2019-10-13 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Quiliro Ordóñez writes: > So we are officially on a censored list […] This is not the place to argue about this. help-guix is not for you to elaborate on what you consider censorship, it is a list for people to get help with Guix. Please respect this. -- Ricardo

Re: Reminder to remain civil

2019-10-13 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-10-12 03:32, Ricardo Wurmus escribió: > Jens Mølgaard writes: > >> Ricardo Wurmus writes: >> >>> Please keep the language here civil. We don’t need more anger on our >>> lists. If you feel frustrated, please take some time off email [...] >> >> I agree about the language, but I have

Thoughts on the Joint statement on the GNU Project

2019-10-13 Thread Tirifto
Hello all! A week ago, ‘Joint statement on the GNU Project’ [0] was published and raised some controversy within the GNU community. I'd like to share some thoughts on that, because I think the presentation of the statement could be improved to forego many bad impressions. Myself, I've been a GNU

Re: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew

2019-10-13 Thread Kete via
On 10/12/2019 05:19 AM, Jean Louis wrote: > https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman "In short: Stallman made some technically-correct-but-utterly-tactless comments" Here are the comments: “deceased AI ‘pioneer’ Marvin Minsky (who is accused of assaulting one