From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id AF20KmKay1/2FgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:34:10 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id 2BINJmKay18wDAAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:34:10 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3651294043B for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2020 14:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:44044 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klYdU-0005CN-C2 for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:34:08 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53094) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klYdO-0005CH-Kk for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:34:02 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35291) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klYdO-0007Dm-CA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:34:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1klYdO-0000pF-8q for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#44847: [Petition] Add a dotnet 5.0 support Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44847 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 44847@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 44847-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44847.16071787893111 (code B ref 44847); Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:34:02 +0000 Received: (at 44847) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Dec 2020 14:33:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46837 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1klYcX-0000o6-EU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:33:09 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34766) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1klYcW-0000nv-0Q for 44847@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:33:08 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:46277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klYcQ-0006yv-KG; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:33:02 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=58400 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1klYcP-0001SB-Uj; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:33:02 -0500 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: <87zh30u4i8.fsf@ngyro.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 15 Frimaire an 229 de la =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:33:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87zh30u4i8.fsf@ngyro.com> (Timothy Sample's message of "Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:16:31 -0500") Message-ID: <87im9g7277.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: abraham.esco@gmail.com Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.80 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 3651294043B X-Spam-Score: -2.80 X-Migadu-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu X-TUID: h0ituvPCscwm Hi, Timothy Sample skribis: > A quick glance around suggests that an older version of .NET is > available for Fedora 32, and that Debian does not have a package yet. > That=E2=80=99s at least promising, but Guix has stricter requirements than > either of those two distributions. Particularly, Guix tries to avoid > packages that cannot be bootstrapped from source. From the README of > the repository you linked to: > > Nearly all .NET Core repositories require the .NET Core SDK to > build. This is a circular dependency, which presents a bootstrapping > problem. > > This means that Guix is unlikely to accept .NET Core packages. Because > of that, I=E2=80=99m closing this bug. Note that we do have a few compilers not bootstrapped from source, such as GHC. It=E2=80=99s clearly something we avoid as much as possible, thoug= h. Has anyone looked into bootstrapping the Microsoft .NET code with Mono? Ludo=E2=80=99.