Re: Using --manfistest with <profile>/manifest files

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Pierre,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I think there were several issues we discussed:
>
> Allow me to reiterate, at the risk of bikeshedding... :)
>
>>   1. We can only approximate that actual profile content; storing
>>      an approximate ‘manifest.scm’ along with the profile would IMO be
>>      deceptive.
>
> Why is an approximate file more of a problem than a command producing
> an approximate result?  We could include a warning comment at the top of
> the file to make it explicit that it's approximate.
>
>>   2. It’s easy to maintain compatibility over a data format, but it’s
>>      much harder to maintain compatibility for code.
>
> I'm confused: my suggestion is to add a new data format, so isn't it
> better then?

We seem to be talking past each other.  IMO, exporting a file is easily
done and better than nothing.  I think we should be pragmatic.

If you want, maybe you can prototype something that we could discuss?

Thanks,
Ludo’.