From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id yLOOBNuqy1/XDwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:44:27 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id qzBNANuqy18fQgAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:44:27 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBBF294011C for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2020 15:44:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:41836 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klZjV-0006g4-P3 for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:44:25 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39220) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klZjI-0006fr-Uc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:44:12 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klZjG-0006DO-Qa; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:44:10 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=58686 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1klZjG-0004VO-DP; Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:44:10 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Tanguy LE CARROUR Subject: Re: Poetry upgrade and related packages References: <87sg8oo2bq.fsf@eauchat.org> <1607003488.tc0yc76x5m.astroid@melmoth.none> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 15 Frimaire an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:44:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1607003488.tc0yc76x5m.astroid@melmoth.none> (Tanguy LE CARROUR's message of "Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:59:59 +0100") Message-ID: <87wnxw45rr.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.80 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: BBBF294011C X-Spam-Score: -2.80 X-Migadu-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu X-TUID: /wxyvF1t6VHw Hello! Tanguy LE CARROUR skribis: > It's not yet clear to me how to handle (python) package updates: > - when to update; > - when not to update; > - when to introduce "versionned" (`-x.y` suffix) package definitions; > - when to introduce "next" (`/next` suffix) package definitions; > - when to remove the two above suffixes; > - =E2=80=A6 > > So I'm looking forward to reading the answers to this thread! :-) When a change introduces too many rebuilds, the convention is to make that change on a branch that will be merged =E2=80=9Clater=E2=80=9D rather = than on =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99; this is bullet 8 here: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Submitting-Patches.html Yet, sometimes we want to introduce new versions that people can get in their profile, even if the =E2=80=9Cdefault=E2=80=9D one remains the older = version to avoid world rebuilds. One example is GDB: gdb@8 has 1,671 dependents, but we added gdb@10 on the side such that =E2=80=9Cguix install gdb=E2=80=9D gives you version 10. I hope this helps! Ludo=E2=80=99.