From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jookia <166291@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnunet-gtk: adds --with-gnunet to configure-flags Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:30:47 +1100 Message-ID: <20160309183047.GA15060@novena-choice-citizen.lan> References: <87oaapx2kd.fsf@grrlz.net> <87twkh81r0.fsf@grrlz.net> <20160309175223.GA30271@solar> <877fhbo6tz.fsf@grrlz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55773) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1adiuA-0004qA-Uw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:32:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1adiu6-00008c-Sh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:32:18 -0500 Received: from mail-pf0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::230]:35796) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1adiu6-00007P-LW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:32:14 -0500 Received: by mail-pf0-x230.google.com with SMTP id n5so9029520pfn.2 for ; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:32:14 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <877fhbo6tz.fsf@grrlz.net> 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: Nils Gillmann Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 07:16:08PM +0100, Nils Gillmann wrote: > Andreas Enge writes: > > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 06:22:23PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> > Guix should provide a stable experience, but if stable means too > >> > old to deliver a useable experience of an still in development > >> > network, what do we suggest? I would not replace gnunet and > >> > gnunet-gtk, I would just make gnunet-svn the default (gnunet will > >> > default to gnunet-svn) and gnunet-0.10.1 will have to be > >> > installed explicitly. > >> The reply to my bug report said something similar. If version 0.10.1 is > >> so old that upstream suggest taking the latest from SVN I suppose we > >> should do this too. > > > > I would argue that if upstream cannot be bothered to make a stable release > > every once in a while, this is not our business, unless there are dependent > > packages that stop working. > > > > On the other hand, as I fear that the number of users of the current gnunet > > is very limited, it probably does not hurt to update it with the version > > number 0.10.1-1-xxx for some svn checkout xxx. > > I am currently working on it, see also my latest Email to > guix-devel including the whys and tl;drs. > > > Andreas > > > > > > > > -- > ng > personal contact: http://krosos.sdf.org > EDN: https://wiki.c3d2.de/Echt_Dezentrales_Netz/en Just to chime in, I think it's 'right' to package the 'stable' version by default since from what I know that's the version Debian and other distros like Parabola use by default. To have a version that by default breaks compatibility would be sad. Jookia.