On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:23:58 -0800 Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Perhaps the developers want to take a look at this distribution.It is > reported that is written in a `purely functional package management' > and tries to be a highly safe OS, where `upgrading a system is as > reliable as reinstalling from scratch'. > > http://nixos.org/nixos/ > > > Because the files of a new configuration don’t overwrite old ones, > > you can (atomically) roll back to a previous configuration. For > > instance, if after a nixos-rebuild switch you discover that you > > don’t like the new configuration, you can just go back > > It can be an inspiration for a new version of pacman rewritten in > haskell? Also Don Stewart's talk about 'Scripting with Types' might > inspire someone too (BTW since he started arch-haskell I think he is a > Arch user): > > http://donsbot.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/semicolon.pdf Well I'm just a TU but I guess most people here are always pleasured for people bringing up their ideas, when they want to realize them by themselves. Seriously, it's probably meant like this but your mail reads like a "Hey why don't you learn $INSERT_LANG_HERE and rewrite your whole system." I've not participated in pacman development myself so I guess I should stfu myself, but for me this proposal just reads like a kick into the faces of Allan, Dan and all the other people who did so. Kind Regards Thorsten -- Jabber: atsutane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://atsutane.freethoughts.de/ Key: 295AFBF4 FP: 39F8 80E5 0E49 A4D1 1341 E8F9 39E4 F17F 295A FBF4
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