Hi Simon, zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> skribis:
> 1. > The name of the tar is given at the end of the command `guix pack`. If > you forget to track it, then you need to re-run `guix pack` (obviously > with the very same parameters) to get it again. > It is not super user-friendly. :-) > > What to think to add an option to name a symbolic link to this file in > the store ? > > Currently, I am doing that by hand: > guix pack -f docker ... > # copy the name /gnu/store/<hash>-docker-pack.tar > ln -s paste my-name > > In general, I choose my-name as <foo-bar>-<hash> with <foo-bar> > something to quickly remember what it is and the <hash> to be sure of > what it is. I think ‘guix pack’ should have a ‘-r/--root’ option like ‘guix build’ so you can do: guix pack -r my-image -f docker foo bar baz WDYT? > 2. > Once loaded with `docker load < /gnu/store/<hash>-docker-pack.tar` > then `docker image ls` list all the images. The REPOSITORY and TAG are > not super helpful. :-) > It is always: profile and <hash>. > > Maybe REPOSITORY should be guix and TAG should be <short-hash>-<name>. > Because when one has more than 2 images, after holidays it is not > possible to remember or they needs to track in a separate file what it > is. I agree, we can do better here. :-) We could allow for user-provided names, and/or, when ‘--save-provenance’ is used, we could show the commit ID or something. Ideas? You’ve already proposed other improvements to ‘guix pack -f’, and I think you should email a concise reminder to each specific improvement to bug-guix so we keep track of them. I may be able to work on them soonish. Thank you! Ludo’.
