From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 16 19:44:16 2021 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2021 23:44:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57882 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mR13A-0004jK-9j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:16 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:53676) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mR137-0004j3-3t for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:13 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mR136-0003lv-Gt for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:12 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:59995) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mR133-0006RL-UV; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:12 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893355C0108; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=famulari.name; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=mesmtp; bh=FhnLSXJf6dUs0foDcT7Y5lIz 5advXMddK5Z2gGJYcNg=; b=Wf5IUb7BVzWulV7YqLQkxOmRMs/SsA0cfM0+KlB4 KLcbXM39VkiVHrAxvuoF7NWiGYxLWSNaiGgd4S89smqDqtAvNbZfq/UvUB1w5K7G xbljh43GPCz9gDfKDeYevl04D99Adu1EAcEzWFrcKqHcEFCX2tEJY6plUcsQEyKA mzA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=FhnLSX Jf6dUs0foDcT7Y5lIz5advXMddK5Z2gGJYcNg=; b=B4SgEgjqXbYhtFpb4iQZUQ y+Tj/OK77nAvpTKMMInivS55jLUqZE7UwqKnQx4b3ztI0ybzHMpqHjr0FR0BOq+p FOkp7B9DTmJAVWSrYqMuZbXyPSPPmCopjRlVRCzJ+PRBnC04dzvA0XQRekN2uOLD 2i7wEt8rZaRDTt9w5HSUolh3JPnWj2hD0mVN6fHRRZ+pvv8fvriCwFEQctVacXbD k1M3iMM2/YLMFzm4XlLCB8X7NlNZqysukrJSL+fF4+VFvx1R9sUxZ9x4FQfbCX2q D1KyrYf5Ppha5JE36LJXwP3JJBqk3U31cZisg3fz4OcYPmcf5E8WFWQU89bfVLUA == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrudehhedgvdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefnvghoucfh rghmuhhlrghrihcuoehlvghosehfrghmuhhlrghrihdrnhgrmhgvqeenucggtffrrghtth gvrhhnpedvvddugefffeeitddthfefvdeuhffgkeeikeegkeevteeghfeftefggeeuudff ieenucffohhmrghinhepghhnuhdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurf grrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehlvghosehfrghmuhhlrghrihdrnhgrmhgv X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:44:03 -0400 From: Leo Famulari To: EuAndreh via Bug reports for GNU Guix Subject: Re: bug#50606: Add support for other formats of Guix channels Message-ID: References: <163172701717.1270740.9988334410334115700@localhost> <87ee9p2aub.fsf@gnu.org> <163181407045.1503137.63518666550594558@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <163181407045.1503137.63518666550594558@localhost> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.111.4.29; envelope-from=leo@famulari.name; helo=out5-smtp.messagingengine.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit Cc: Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= , 50606@debbugs.gnu.org, zimoun 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: -2.4 (--) On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 02:41:10PM -0300, EuAndreh via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote: > My proposal was a little more crude: get the channel code from a tarball. In > this model there are no authentications with fingerprint or signed commits, > neither "guix pull" would know much about the before/after state of a channel > besides comparing the checksum of the whole tarball. For this use case, where you don't require many of the `guix pull` features, you could use GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH instead: https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/GUIX_005fPACKAGE_005fPATH.html