Re: Guile 2.0 in make-bootstrap.scm

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

Hello Ludo!
>
> While uploading the powerpc64le-linux tarballs, I noticed they use Guile
> 2.0, which reminded me of eef44fea17a735d2f4048a747d16af478d4b9dbc:
>
>     Revert "gnu: guile-static-stripped: Update to 2.2."
>     
>     As discussed on IRC, keeping bootstrap Guile on 2.0 simplifies adding new
>     architectures and removes the need for parameterizing
>     gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm.
>     
>     This reverts commit 2acfe022a740f79b593348cc6362cc4ee8f33bb4.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (%guile-static): Revert to guile-2.0.  Retain
>     build recipe.
>     * gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch: Update for Guile 2.0.14.
>
> Do you remember the reason for this change?

I remember we hesitated gratuitously updating the %bootstrap-guile seed
(to 2.2) and decided to try to "make it work without updating the guile
seed".

I am not 100% sure, we'd have to look up the IRC discussions.

> What’s surprising is that
> <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/i686-linux/20190815> does use
> 2.2.

Oh, that's weird.  Well, we used gule-2.2 until almost the very last
moment, I remember.  I am cc'ing Timothy, as he helped make the
guile-2.0 bootstrap possible (gash compatibility and such).

Greetings,
Janneke

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