bug#38529: closed (Make --pure the default for `guix environment'?)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Make --pure the default for `guix environment'? Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:42:07 +0100

--pure seems to be the more sensible behaviour.  "Impure" environments
can have unexpected behaviours, so it makes sense to only allow them
when the user explicitly asks for it.

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> tags 38529 +wontfix
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> Hi,
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> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Hi Pierre,
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> > Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:
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> >> --pure seems to be the more sensible behaviour.  "Impure" environments
> >> can have unexpected behaviours, so it makes sense to only allow them
> >> when the user explicitly asks for it.
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> > Unfortunately Guix packages often don't work well with --pure.  Be it
> > magit that depends on git, or Emacs that depend or coreutils, etc.,
> > there are many things that are expected to be propagated and aren't
> > explicitly, by omission or sometimes for closure's size sake (when the
> > feature is optional).  We could argue that is a good reason for the
> > proposed change :-).
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> > I think environments are great mostly for hacking and trying stuff
> > quickly, where the guarantees of Guix do not matter as much as for
> > profiles (and if they did, you'd be better with guix environment
> > --container anyway).
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> > So, I guess that makes me more on the side of "let's no change the
> > defaults for now".
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> Closing this old forgotten issue as wontfix.
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> Thanks,
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> Maxim
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