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ng0 <ng0@pragmatique.xyz> skribis:

> Maxim Cournoyer transcribed 4.2K bytes:

[...]

>> Also, why not packaging a GNUnet-next already in Guix? With only two
>> bugs left to fix, it should already work rather well (maybe better?)
>> compared to 0.10.1? Guix makes it easy to have multiple versions if we
>> need -- let's make use of it!
>
> Refer to Ludovic and others for the reasons why we don't have that.

Hi!  :-) At the time we discussed it I was reluctant to adding a GNUnet
snapshot as a package because (1) we have the general rule=C2=B9 to package
only releases, and (2) when we violate the rule anyway ;-), we need to
be confident that we=E2=80=99re doing the right thing, such as picking the =
right
commit.

#2 is hard unless you=E2=80=99re also an upstream developer of the software=
 in
question.  For example we wouldn=E2=80=99t want to have Guix users run a ve=
rsion
of GNUnet that uses a protocol compatible neither with the old nor with
the next version.

So I would urge you to lobby on the gnunet-developers list until we get
a shiny new release.  :-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.

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