From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add older ruby 1.8.7 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:47:56 -0400 Message-ID: <871tpur7kz.fsf@yeeloong.lan> References: <20141025225814.GA17304@thebird.nl> <87ppdfr8eh.fsf@yeeloong.lan> <20141026020905.GA17838@thebird.nl> <87y4s31mae.fsf@netris.org> <20141026044636.GA18259@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiSs7-0007Tv-IG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:49:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiSs1-0000b0-Ew for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:48:59 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([96.39.62.75]:48750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiSs1-0000aw-B7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:48:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20141026044636.GA18259@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:46:36 +0100") 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: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Pjotr Prins writes: > We have package-name and package-version. Why not package-patch-level? > I don't think it should be part of version. I agree with Ludovic. The patch-level is conceptually part of the version. We have a fair bit of program logic, APIs, and user interface elements that assume that there's only one 'version' field. All of those would need to be changed to support an additional 'patch-level' field. Doing all of that work would require a compelling argument. I don't see one. Mark