Re: Bags

[Thompson, David]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I’ve pushed a new branch, ‘wip-bags’, which changes the way
> build systems work.  Basically, it introduces an intermediate
> representation between packages and derivations, called “bags.”
>
> The main difference between a bag and a package is that a bag lists all
> the inputs of the build process, including the “implicit inputs” added
> by the build system.
>

I took a quick look through the commit log.  I like it!

> This simplifies the code and should unlock nifty features like ‘guix
> environment’ and “grafts” (a trick for faster security updates; more on
> that later.)

I'm excited. :)

- Dave