Re: wip-node-14 branch

[Jelle Licht]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org> skribis:
>
>> As a small extra, I have also worked on getting Timothy Sample's
>> 'binary' npm importer to work with the contemporary guix import and
>> guile-json APIs; I'd like some insight into whether this binary importer
>> could still hold some value for inclusion in guix proper[3]. I could
>> still add this code to the branch as well if there is interest.
>
> I think it would make sense to include this importer.  The manual should
> warn about the fact that it does not yield built-from-source packages
> and perhaps give pointers on how to address that, but it can still be
> useful, and probably even more useful if it’s in Guix proper.
>
> Thoughts?

Agreed! I still need to rework some of the recursive importer-related
plumbing in Guix proper for everything to play nicely with the multitude
of versions of packages that are required for pretty much anything.

 - Jelle