Re: [PATCH 2/2] environment: Add --inclusive option.

[Ludovic Courtès]

David Thompson <address@hidden> skribis:

> From 3d97dbcf1907a67ed25fd90c09eb88d1b136d31a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: David Thompson <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:01:12 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] environment: Add --inclusive option.
>
> * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help): Add help.
>   (%default-options): Add 'inclusive?'.
>   (%options): Add 'inclusive' option.
>   (packages->transitive-inputs): Add 'inclusive?' argument.
>   (guix-environment): Use 'inclusive' option.

It’s a good idea.

Though I guess in the SDL example and similar use cases, it’s often
enough to make an environment that contains PACKAGES as their propagated
inputs (recursively), but not their inputs.

> address@hidden --inclusive
> address@hidden -i
> +Include @address@hidden in the new environment in addition to
> +their inputs.  Useful for creating an environment from arbitrary
                 ^^
“This is useful for”

> +  -i, --inclusive        include PACKAGE... in new environment"))

“in the new environment”

OK to push with these changes, thank you!

Ludo’.