Re: [PATCH] gnu: refresh: Add --list-upstream-closure option.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Eric Bavier <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:

[...]

>> Could you use a vhash here instead of the hash table?
>
> Yes, that shouldn't be a problem.  Could I ask why the request?

I prefer functional style (except for build-side code), for clarity
among other things.

[...]

>> I believe ‘upstream-packages’ (renamed to ‘dependent-packages’?) could
>> be moved to (guix packages) and have a few tests as well.  That’d be
>> great.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Because of the use of 'fold-packages' from (gnu packages), putting
> dependent-packages into (guix packages) would cause a circular
> dependency.

Oh, right.

> I think I'd also want to make the interface more general if it were to
> go somewhere more widely available.

OK.

Ludo’.