From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: [Patch] ruby-byebug@9.0.5 Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 17:43:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20160605214359.GC2928@jasmine> References: <87shwyxmnv.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <57500842.5070000@uq.edu.au> <5750246F.5080006@uq.edu.au> <8760tngwlh.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38853) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9fq9-0004ED-3b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:44:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9fq5-0000D1-UV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:44:13 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:44781) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9fq4-0000BH-OO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:44:09 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8760tngwlh.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> 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" To: Matthew Jordan Cc: guix-devel On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 05:22:02PM -0400, Matthew Jordan wrote: > Wouldn't it be more useful to have one or versions of a package, since > guix is capable of handling multiple versions? Though I have no problems > upgrading the previous version, hopefully nothing will break. In general, Guix handles this just fine. But somebody has to maintain all those versions ;) We often suggest that if one user needs some old version of a package, they maintain the package privately. For example, using $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH.