Leo Famulari <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 06:12:09PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: >> Hello, >> >> when upgrading packages, there is a check for new GNU releases. >> In the presence of network problems preventing to reach the corresponding >> servers, the command "guix package -u" hangs indefinitely. >> >> It would be nice to add a (short) time-out to the procedure looking >> for updates, or better yet, to add a command line flag to turn it off: >> Even when the servers are reachable, checking for new versions takes >> a considerable amount of time that can be saved in many circumstances. >> >> Personally, I would not even mind turning this feature off completely; >> I think we update packages sufficiently often and the message is rather >> distracting. > > It does seem out of place while upgrading. It could be considered > extraneous to the features of `guix refresh`.
I agree. It seems to better fit with “guix refresh”.
