Hi Folks, On the rare occasion I dip into Guix packaging, I rely on Pierre's tutorial[1] because it has the least confusing definition of "native-inputs" "inputs" and "propagated-inputs". Before that tutorial existed, I don't think I properly understood the difference.
I know this is superficial, but I wonder if these names could be refined to better communicate their use. What about: | Currently | Possible new name | |-------------------+-------------------| | native-inputs | build-inputs | | inputs | runtime-inputs | | propagated-inputs | profile-inputs | Just a thought. May even "build-dependencies"? Still doesn't explain that profile-inputs are also included as build and runtime inputs. Maybe "build-only-dependencies"? Regards, Ben [1] https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2018/a-packaging-tutorial-for-guix/
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