Post #2870205
2026-05-13 05:36 UTC
@zimoun@social.sciences.re The issue I see with the current arrangement plus the advertising for it is the implicit message: Here's a nice new feature, but you will have to abandon manifests, and list your packages on the command line instead.
For me, manifests as part of a version-controlled project are an essential feature for reproducibility. So *I* am not going to use this nice new toy. But others will put convenience of deployment over reproducibility. The same people who like conda.
@civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr
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@SReyCoyrehourcq@social.sciences.re 2026-05-13 06:10
@khinsen@scholar.social @zimoun@social.sciences.re @civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr oh i see, this is not possible to add a -m manifest file on the same line ?
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@zimoun@social.sciences.re 2026-05-13 07:36
@khinsen@scholar.social About manifest, I think adding the feature to have: guix shell -m swh:1:cnt:1234abcd is very nice and straightforward to implement. However, I agree that loading the manifest inside an isolated Guile environment need to only be optional and never the default, IMHO. @civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr