From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 16 08:57:16 2018 Received: (at 25296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jan 2018 13:57:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58185 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ebRjo-0008VA-Gk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:57:16 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:53750) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ebRjm-0008V1-PY for 25296@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:57:15 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94AB610D9B; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:57:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id M875XtPqrq48; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:57:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (unknown [193.50.110.60]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3534310D47; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:57:11 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Re: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation References: <20161229171045.263747a9@riseup.net> <87bmvpb21m.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7xgwom7.fsf@gnu.org> <87shb8jedn.fsf@gnu.org> <87lggzdzh9.fsf@gnu.org> <87vag2857m.fsf@gnu.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 27 =?utf-8?Q?Niv=C3=B4se?= an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:57:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Konrad Hinsen's message of "Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:34:17 +0100") Message-ID: <87inc17vpm.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25296 Cc: 25296@debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Lirzin X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) Hi Konrad, Konrad Hinsen skribis: >> Hmm, OK. Do you think it=E2=80=99s too much to ask, given the current a= udience >> (tinkerers), to add those packages to their config, or to install them >> with =E2=80=9Cguix package -i=E2=80=9D? >> >> Admittedly this is a very subjective issue. > > How about organizing Guix in a layered way, with the core distribution > containing narrow-purpose packages (mostly one piece of software), and > another layer (in a distinct module, perhaps with a distinct naming > convention) containing collections of software that works well > together or is useful for a specific application domain? I see other > use cases than just desktop stuff. In GuixSD, that=E2=80=99s more or less what happens with =E2=80=98gnome-ser= vice-type=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98xfce-service-type=E2=80=99, for example. (I=E2=80=99m not sur= e how that could work at the Guix level, nor whether this is necessary.) Ludo=E2=80=99.