Re: hpcguix-web, channels, and inferiors

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> skribis:

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>>> Would it make sense to integrate it into Cuirass?  We could browse
>>> packages on Cuirass and to each package would be associated a link to
>>> its build status on different architectures, etc.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>
>> Good question.  Some sort of integration is desirable, with links as you
>> mention.  Now Cuirass is not specifically about packages, conceptually
>> at least, so IMO having both features in the same tool would “break the
>> abstraction.”
>
> Yes I agree.  I wonder though: is there a way to know if a specific
> derivation is a package?

In general no.  Of course one could play trick to try and guess whether
it corresponds to a package, but that should be avoided IMO.

Thanks,
Ludo’.