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From: pukkamustard <pukkamustard@posteo.net>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: Lars-Dominik Braun <lars@6xq.net>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: properties for default version? (was bug#60200: Incompatibilities between gcc-toolchain and R packages)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:03:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86v8lcw20c.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86pmbk3hci.fsf@gmail.com>


Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> $ guix shell ocaml ocaml-ppxlib -- ocaml --version
> The OCaml toplevel, version 5.0.0

I also encountered this and was surprised.

> Personally, I find the -next trick useful because the package name
> reflects that it is not the default.  However, it can be annoying to
> update manifest files when this -next is becoming default.
>
> Well, what do people think about this Lars’s patch?

I like it.

I think adding the `default?` property is nicer than the -next
trick. Only nitpick: I would maybe call the property `default-version?`
to make meaning of the property more explicit.

Cheers,
pukkamustard



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-12  9:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Y6LQs9+in964glaz@noor.fritz.box>
2023-01-11 21:13 ` properties for default version? (was bug#60200: Incompatibilities between gcc-toolchain and R packages) Simon Tournier
2023-01-12  6:22   ` Csepp
2023-01-12  9:03   ` pukkamustard [this message]
2023-01-17 16:09   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-17 18:41     ` Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-01-17 18:48     ` Simon Tournier

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