Re: Should updaters suggest changes to inputs?

[Efraim Flashner]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 03:45:39PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Hi Guix,
> 
> one problem that I’ve stumbled upon with R packages is that new versions
> occasionally depend on new inputs.  “guix refresh -u” updates the
> version number and the hash for me, but it doesn’t tell me that new
> inputs are needed — or that existing inputs have been dropped —
> according to upstream’s DESCRIPTION file.
> 
> Usually, these things become obvious when I rebuild all updated
> packages, but it’s possible I miss something.
> 
> Do you think “guix refresh” should also mention changes to inputs?
> 
> ~~ Ricardo
> 

Like if you were rerunning `guix import foo bar'?

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