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[66.158.156.154]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u19-20020a05620a0c5300b006fa84082b6dsm13064082qki.128.2022.12.05.11.29.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:29:47 -0800 (PST) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Katherine Cox-Buday Cc: guix-devel Subject: Re: Potential minor API change notice References: <87o7sqsv16.fsf@gmail.com> <87pmcxq0vf.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:29:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87pmcxq0vf.fsf@gmail.com> (Katherine Cox-Buday's message of "Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:19:32 -0700") Message-ID: <87pmcxabth.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::732; envelope-from=maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com; helo=mail-qk1-x732.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." 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You are a true leader! Thank you! Note that in this case, thanks to feedback from the reviewers, the API was not "broken" in the end; a deprecated variable is acting in place of the removed one (and emits a warning upon use). It's not functionally equivalent though, so it was good anyway to have it communicated. Have a good week, -- Maxim