From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Jordan Subject: Re: [PATCH] add go@1.5 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:47:15 -0400 Message-ID: <87furfyyqk.fsf@guixsd-mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <87k2gtyrtj.fsf@guixsd-mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <1468296701.3946941.663559065.5D0B3A3F@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMuHt-0001S4-6h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:47:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMuHo-00035w-7q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:47:32 -0400 Received: from forward3o.cmail.yandex.net ([37.9.109.247]:34556) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bMuHm-00035d-Ss for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:47:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <1468296701.3946941.663559065.5D0B3A3F@webmail.messagingengine.com> 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: Alex Griffin Cc: guix-devel Good Day Alex, > Can I ask why even package go 1.5? Upstream has committed to making sure > all future compiler versions can bootstrap from go 1.4.x, so my thinking > is that we only need to package two versions, go 1.4 and the latest > version (1.6.2 at the moment). Or am I missing something? Some packages still recommend building with go@1.5 or have go@1.5 as the minimum requirement. So thought it would be a good idea to add go@1.5 as well. However I have no objections towards going straight to go@1.6. Respectfully, --- Matthew Jordan