From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Thompson Subject: Re: Bumping the Guile version requirement Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 12:25:26 -0400 Message-ID: <87r3qs2w3t.fsf@fsf.org> References: <20150430074219.GA572@jocasta.intra> <87r3r1dzra.fsf@gnu.org> <20150501151439.GA8466@intra> <874mnqwzb7.fsf@gnu.org> <87lhh0pe2v.fsf_-_@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41844) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqOc7-0005kL-Sy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 12:25:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqOc5-0005lH-Sg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 12:25:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lhh0pe2v.fsf_-_@gnu.org> 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis: > >> You should be able to get compilation going with the patch below, but >> getting the HTTP client to work with 2.0.5 will require more work. > > I think for 0.8.2 I will actually bump the requirement to Guile 2.0.7 or > 2.0.9 (the latter is what Debian 8 has.) People on older systems will > still be able to install Guix using the binary tarball. > > What do people think? I think it's a great idea. Less monkey patches for us. --=20 David Thompson Web Developer - Free Software Foundation - http://fsf.org GPG Key: 0FF1D807 Support the FSF: https://fsf.org/donate