[bug#50960] [EXT] Re: [bug#50960] [PATCH 00/10] Add 'guix shell' to subsume 'guix environment'

[Katherine Cox-Buday]

"Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> writes:

> I don't think your fear should outweigh the immense user friendliness
> of having some established conventions to ease development.  Every
> mainstream developer tool I use in the professional word has
> conventions like this, and the result is that it is quick and easy to
> jump into a new project and get the software you need to be
> productive.  Guix needs to embrace this kind of usability if it hopes
> to offer a real alternative to these other tools.  'guix shell' with
> no other arguments should "just work" in the context of whatever
> project I am in.
>
> - Dave

I agree with this.

-- 
Katherine