Re: [RFC] A simple draft for channels

[Ricardo Wurmus]

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>> One thing that’s still an open question is how we should treat Guix
>> itself in that channelized world.
>>
>> Should Guix be a “normal” channel?  It’s tempting to think of it as a
>> regular channel; however, it’s definitely “special” in that it can
>> update the ‘guix’ command, maybe guix-daemon & co., locale data, etc.
>> How does that affect ‘guix channel’?
>
> ISTM this design allows channels to inject non-free &/or non-safe
> components into other user's Guix systems. Is that true?

If one user could override the daemon or the guix command *for other
users* that wouldn’t be okay.  The simple channel draft would not make
this possible.

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Ricardo

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