Dear, On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 10:03, George Clemmer <myg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "manifest" occurs ~600 times in the ./guix directory. I am guessing its > use is deeply embedded with developers. If so, renaming it internally > seems like a bad idea. And if we write our internal manifest into the > profile and call it "specifications" it will only add the confusion. > > OTOH, "manifest" occurs only ~50 times in guix.info and the "user API" > seems limited to the --manifest option and the functions: > specifications->manifest and packages->manifest. Furthermore it is a new > concept for new users. So I don't think users care what we call it. Thank your for checking. You convince me. :-) All the best, simon