From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add MAFFT. Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:43:38 +0200 Message-ID: <20150726094338.GA24898@debian> References: <55B0E173.1030406@uq.edu.au> <876158xcoo.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> <55B44F96.8050808@uq.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57722) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJITR-0000HX-LI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:44:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJITO-00068R-Gh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:44:01 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:56879) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJITO-00067q-7T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:43:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55B44F96.8050808@uq.edu.au> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ben Woodcroft Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 01:10:14PM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote: > I'm actually a bit confused as to the difference between a snippet vs. a > patch stage as above - when is each appropriate? Snippets are only for > removing non-free software? I would use a snippet for something internal to Guix, or specific to the way we handle things, while a patch is intended to be passed upstream (or sometimes taken from upstream already) to correct a bug in the software. Andreas