Re: Should 'build-expression->derivation' be used for new build systems?
Hello, Joshua Branson skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: [...] >> The story of ‘build-expression->derivation’ is that of an unfinished >> transition to G-expressions. :-) >> >> There’s a branch called ‘wip-build-systems-gexp’ that aims to complete >> that transition, but I haven’t yet gotten around to actually finishing >> the work. This is one of the things I want us to complete for 1.0 >> though, so sooner rather than later. > > May I ask why the transition? Just curious. G-expressions address shortcomings of plain s-expressions when used to write build expressions as in Guix and for code generation in general (“code staging”); see: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/G_002dExpressions.html https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01580582/en Ludo’.
Re: Should 'build-expression->derivation' be used for new build systems?
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hello Alex, > > Alex Vong skribis: > >> I noticed that in the (guix derivations) module, >> 'build-expression->derivation' is marked as deprecated. However, I see >> that all build systems currently living in the (guix build-system ...) >> namespaces are still using it. Is this intended or will this be changed >> eventually? If this is going to change, is there an example to follow? > > For now, you have to use it. > > The story of ‘build-expression->derivation’ is that of an unfinished > transition to G-expressions. :-) > > There’s a branch called ‘wip-build-systems-gexp’ that aims to complete > that transition, but I haven’t yet gotten around to actually finishing > the work. This is one of the things I want us to complete for 1.0 > though, so sooner rather than later. May I ask why the transition? Just curious. > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
Re: Should 'build-expression->derivation' be used for new build systems?
Hello Alex, Alex Vong skribis: > I noticed that in the (guix derivations) module, > 'build-expression->derivation' is marked as deprecated. However, I see > that all build systems currently living in the (guix build-system ...) > namespaces are still using it. Is this intended or will this be changed > eventually? If this is going to change, is there an example to follow? For now, you have to use it. The story of ‘build-expression->derivation’ is that of an unfinished transition to G-expressions. :-) There’s a branch called ‘wip-build-systems-gexp’ that aims to complete that transition, but I haven’t yet gotten around to actually finishing the work. This is one of the things I want us to complete for 1.0 though, so sooner rather than later. Thanks, Ludo’.
