Re: RFC: Build system hacks for Guix do not belong in 'source'

[Thompson, David]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:

> I don't think we should be making these kinds of changes in 'snippets'.
>
> When I ask for the source code via "guix build -S <package>", I expect
> freedom fixes and other bug fixes, and maybe even enhancements needed
> for Guix that would also work fine on other systems (e.g. adding an
> environment variable).
>
> However, the package 'source' should not include build system hacks that
> are specific to Guix and would interfere with the package functionality
> on other platforms, IMO.

I agree.

- Dave