Re: February update on data.guix.gnu.org and the Guix Data Service

[Christopher Baines]

Bengt Richter <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On +2020-03-12 14:21:51 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Christopher Baines <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>> > Another update on the Guix Data Service, I sent out the last update on
>> > the 5th of January [1].
>> >
>> > 1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-01/msg00073.html
>>
>> I hadn’t yet got around to reading this message.  We really need
>> Guix Weekly News.  :-)
>>
> +1 ;-)
>
> Quick comments:
>     1.  Looks really nice :)

Thanks :)

>     1a. I notice that inputs in
> http://data.guix.gnu.org/gnu/store/0hpz4039vs2n514kbd3psh5dwl0dnqwg-guix-1.0.1-11.f38eabe.drv/formatted
>         seem to be sorted by leading hash. Might it be nice to have a button 
> to sort starting past the hash?

So, the intent with that page is that it's a more readable version of
the plain derivation representation:

  
http://data.guix.gnu.org/gnu/store/0hpz4039vs2n514kbd3psh5dwl0dnqwg-guix-1.0.1-11.f38eabe.drv/plain

I do however, think that maybe the sorting should be different on the
Detail view for derivations.

>     1b. Q: other than for making list diffs show equality reliably, is the 
> input ordering significant in terms of
>         dependencies or process scheduling?

So, I think that making the order deterministic is definitely important,
at least in the Guix Data Service for providing substitutes.

> 2. Are the http [sans 's'] links necessary?

Do you mean why is HTTP being used and not HTTPS, or are you talking
about the links on the page themselves?

Thanks,

Chris

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