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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1687290975; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=QfKZKXMkiegf18UJfTeQZyvbzqpmnPr8JuoVB5w4sxo=; b=MkFF3bymRV+WZooINlsq3XLEA8TFCsmllPzTlFD6IMnZ0CvxLR27AC2mXoHCGrUkGZvV69 9vxCsYbscdiu5EqP05S4ynlivsy4IHuAcFWwlzM7oRh0/qlfqGpeCIau/cGaWISfLnw4HQ dU2FmeBh2BU1iubDkKnmX7ECAQwKxX3LaOVeuf9vW+wZBSTmT+FBhmvuNlHBhQaoM+86So R28ygzU67/QQ1nw7h+3OOBuxfxfXyZG2kNFQ+E5AXK1nFdIxoNeVWNypKEvsQEa23ct0RQ gJrx+UHIrD6LgD2qPodM9r9aoMg0lqxOAFxvNJT4zcFqd2ENZrn7tORJZ54tiQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=RnlM8HEX; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1687290975; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=fOZhVElKrFGAGlMoxUWQ+srzRsDzV/aJHYRtyLuh6o4FYFm5Y+subsmlbmYgeCiSyfds5T 5dh8IvvQR6z3UPkYkf7/AgPp1GbOsEPkYIRpOmCWyETYrfxx7A/ja0VIDN0oylk9ZwM628 fnc6KnVM5++dvZyQSIdsQgrHOHRqpblIb5vlXCXxU+qstTwXN8izWV/+9+MD7630AFQUfj tt1itODxogqyrLDIbmvV0PWg66Ykw64Kze4GLTENxWRO2nJuPF3LAFS2CffU7FhOnAgHvR qXZs/gclmtXsWGd86Tdfbcb6xM6U4dtJWhGrHF0HxmkBrNEFktq/y7VICKkxKw== X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -6.42 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=RnlM8HEX; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 7D9612F5D4 X-Spam-Score: -6.42 X-TUID: WqVBOYD6czDU John Kehayias writes: > This happens enough I feel like it should be explicitly mentioned as a potential > "gotcha" in the manual, even if one can gleam it from understanding package > definitions and hashes, if it isn't already. Or maybe a little "tips" section on > packaging (or in the cookbook) with something like this and related ones like > idiosyncrasies/conventions in certain language ecosystems. We all accumulate a > lot of institutional knowledge as we do and pass it along, but better to have it > properly referenced. Sounds like an idea. I definitely think it should go in the manual, though, as it'll be far more visible there. (I, personally, have never read the cookbook in all that much detail...) -- (