02/03: reppar: Get rid of Figure 6 (getting back to 12 pages).

[Ludovic Courtès]

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"