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Wrap %default-guix-channel inside channel-with-substitutes-available by
From: |
Leo Prikler |
Subject: |
Wrap %default-guix-channel inside channel-with-substitutes-available by default? |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:50:44 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Evolution 3.34.2 |
I think the potential to confuse new users with this enabled by default
is higher than without it. Assume that Alice just sent a bug report to
Guix, that has been closed or has otherwise been made aware of some bug
affecting a software she uses, for which a fix has been pushed.
Naturally, she's going to run `guix pull' to test it out, and… not see
any difference to the system she currently had.
I think we do have the obligation to clearly document channels-with-
substitutes-available and make it so that this particular piece of
documentation can easily be found by everyone who is potentially
affected by slow-downs. Perhaps we might even want to include an
option in the installer to set up /etc/guix/channels.scm to only use
channels with available substitutes. But using it as a default without
communicating this fact to the users would be a poor idea in my
opinion.
Regards,
Leo