Re: Why does Guix duplicate dependency versions from Cargo.toml?

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Jonas Møller <jonas@moller.systems> writes:
> Hi Guix! Why does cargo-build-system need #:cargo-inputs specified in the 
> package definition? This seems like a
> big mistake for a couple of reasons.
>
> 1 It is completely redundant, it should match what is in Cargo.toml. I know 
> `guix import crate` exists to
>  automate this process, but I don't understand the rationale for duplicating 
> this information.

Because it'd be literally impossible to do otherwise.  You'd have to
contort Guix into some pretty weird shapes to change a package
derivation based on what was downloaded as the source.

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