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02/03: reppar: Get rid of Figure 6 (getting back to 12 pages).
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
02/03: reppar: Get rid of Figure 6 (getting back to 12 pages). |
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Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:28:54 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository maintenance.
commit 4bb8d01a79125e6e53319ef3ea9a5c933e475d5b
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Tue Jul 21 14:42:55 2015 +0200
reppar: Get rid of Figure 6 (getting back to 12 pages).
---
doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb | 15 +++++++--------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
b/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
index f029d4e..334eb7a 100644
--- a/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
+++ b/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ as show in ,(numref :text
to one or the other variant at the command line, we use different
values for the ,(tt [name]) field.])
- (figure
+ #;(figure
:legend [Rewriting a package DAG by changing a specific input.]
:ident "fig-override"
@@ -551,15 +551,14 @@ values for the ,(tt [name]) field.])
(p [This approach is reasonable when there is a small number of
variants, but it does not scale to more complex DAGs. As an example,
StarPU can be built with MPI support, in which case Chameleon also needs
-to be explicitly linked against the same MPI implementation. Users may
-want to replace all occurrences of an MPI implementation in the DAG
-rooted at Chameleon with a different implementation. One way to do that
+to be explicitly linked against the same MPI implementation. One way to do that
is by writing a function that recursively adjusts the package labeled
-,(tt ["mpi"]) in the ,(tt [inputs]) field of packages. This is what the
-,(tt [override-input]) function in ,(numref :text [Figure] :ident
-"fig-override") does.
+,(tt ["mpi"]) in the ,(tt [inputs]) field of packages in the DAG.
No matter how complex the transformations are, a package
-object unambiguously represents a reproducible build process.]))
+object unambiguously represents a reproducible build process. In that
+sense, Guix allows environments to be reproduced at different sites, or
+by different users, while still supporting users needing complex
+customization.]))
#;(section :title [Going Further] ;active papers + gexps
:ident "active"