Christopher Baines <m...@cbaines.net> skribis: > I think compatibility is a priority, and although I haven't looked too > much in to the details yet, I think it's quite realistic. > > I think it's very important for Guix to keep compatibility with older > daemons, and on the daemon side, I'd want to see the Guile > implementation work with older Guix's, as well as it being possible to > switch back and forth between the implementations without issue.
+1. The derivation format and what goes in the build environment (on GNU/Linux) are set in stone. The RPC protocol could evolve if needed, preserving backward compatibility. Ludo’.
