From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 22 05:27:53 2022 Received: (at 54216) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Mar 2022 09:27:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39182 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nWanx-0004xd-6J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:27:53 -0400 Received: from mail-40136.proton.ch ([185.70.40.136]:17789) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nWanu-0004xO-BA for 54216@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:27:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:27:42 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lendvai.name; s=protonmail3; t=1647941263; bh=J2wfnS8xpdG4pjjMmoycJVfW27/0OK8jnqcO1/qjV3A=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID; b=kOhOh0aBTPPHBW844qAUHLfkvJSrWXtcfeKOtcpRH1wXOqP9CjVpTtk2aupinRnx2 rj1Q4DcEKQelW87Fp+F65ex4mytr+y8iaRwxjQLCuNr8sQJkzhB9up5esr/dfPY4uo IRkcKw7foVaVgW/TA++p1JPcNWqTonGeB4crr/SE68Wk6qk4WDSU+LS/8mjFB5C73s kVoccVhpmX7m17sfN0nJSK8v8F5tkMs/63K5EsZm3pNE1jA2A34a0ODRiXMvworODa XsIg3Pm3cWMVkFCzYyxJsuHrGzs+JZWZhokoDWxOTGj4it0Mj9TQCCFJ9tw/LHp2GQ YHmVCM1U3R4rw== To: Attila Lendvai From: Attila Lendvai Subject: Re: [PATCH staging v3] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20220321170716.20140-1-attila@lendvai.name> References: <20220321170716.20140-1-attila@lendvai.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 54216 Cc: 54216@debbugs.gnu.org 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: , Reply-To: Attila Lendvai Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) just a quick idea: another solution could be to introduce a shepherd-tools package that only c= ontains the command line tools, and packages would depend on this one, not = shepherd itself. that way shepherd could be updated cheaply, and as long as the socket inter= face remains compatible, the shepherd-tools package doesn't need to be upda= ted (which is expensive in the current dependency graph). -- =E2=80=A2 attila lendvai =E2=80=A2 PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- =E2=80=9CI cannot imagine a torture more vicious and terrifying than to rea= lize in the face of one=E2=80=99s final days that one wasted his entire lif= e trying to please the plethora of idiots around him, instead of educating = them and himself and molding tomorrow for the better.=E2=80=9D =09=E2=80=94 Brandon Smith, 'Alt-Market blog'