bug#65218: emacs-orderless 1.0 shows as 0.8 due to incorrect value in package file

["Piotr Kwieciński" <piokwiecinski@gmail.com>]

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Hi Hilton,
I have pushed a patch. Its tracked here:
[1]: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65285>

On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 20:29, Piotr Kwieciński <piokwiecinski@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Hilton,
> thank you for your swift response and guidance. I'll attempt to send a
> patch.
> I already started to set up my local environment.
>
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 18:12, Hilton Chain <hako@ultrarare.space> wrote:
>
>> Hi Piotr,
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 04:18:57 +0800,
>> Piotr Kwieciński wrote:
>> >
>> > [1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]
>> > [2  <text/html; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]
>> > I have the latest version of emacs-orderless installed on using guix
>> and it shows:
>> >
>> >  Status: External in
>> ‘/gnu/store/mp2ckcr7psy9myby262zqii36cd49yja-emacs-orderless-1.0/share/emacs/site-lisp/orderless-1.0/’
>> (unsigned).
>> > Version: 0.8
>> > Summary: Completion style for matching regexps in any order
>> >
>> > This is caused by an incorrect version of a package declared in
>> orderless.el.
>>
>>
>> It seems that emacs-orderless in Guix wasn't really updated to 1.0,
>> only the version field was changed.
>>
>>
>> > I'm new to the ecosystem and I'm not familiar with the process of
>> fixing this.
>> > The issue was fixed by the package maintainer in commit
>> >
>> https://github.com/oantolin/orderless/commit/847694e78c12d903d5e3f6cb365a5d3b984db537
>> >
>> > Would replacing commit in the package definition be enough ? Swapping
>> 004cee6b8e01f8eb0cb1c683d0a637b14890600f with
>> > 847694e78c12d903d5e3f6cb365a5d3b984db537
>>
>>
>> That's not enough, the hash in (sha256 (base32 [...])) needs changing
>> as well.
>>
>> And when updating an untagged revision to a tagged release, we usually
>> drop the outer let form, and use the value from version field for
>> commit.
>>
>> For example, the original definition:
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (define-public emacs-orderless
>>   (let ((commit [...]))
>>     (package
>>       (name "emacs-orderless")
>>       (version [...])
>>       (source
>>        (origin
>>          (method git-fetch)
>>          (uri (git-reference
>>                (url "https://github.com/oantolin/orderless")
>>                (commit commit)))
>>          (file-name (git-file-name name version))
>>          (sha256
>>           (base32 [...]))))
>>       [...])))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> would be changed to:
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (define-public emacs-orderless
>>   (package
>>     (name "emacs-orderless")
>>     (version "1.0")
>>     (source
>>      (origin
>>        (method git-fetch)
>>        (uri (git-reference
>>              (url "https://github.com/oantolin/orderless")
>>              (commit version)))           ; <- see here
>>        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
>>        (sha256
>>         (base32 [...]))))                 ; <- hash is changed as well
>>     [...]))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> BTW the hash can be obtained with `guix hash' [1]:
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> git clone https://[...] emacs-orderless
>>
>> cd emacs-orderless
>> git checkout 1.0
>>
>> guix hash -rx .
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Would you like to get familiar with the process by going through the
>> way [2] to make your first contribution? ;)
>>
>> I can send a patch if you prefer, and it may take a few days to get
>> the change into Guix.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> [1]: <
>> https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-hash.html
>> >
>> [2]: <https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/Contributing.html
>> >
>>
>> (Not sure why this issue isn't on the mailing list, but is available
>> in Debbugs.  Still under moderation?)
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Piotr Kwiecinski
>


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Regards
Piotr Kwiecinski

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