Re: Contribute or create a channel?

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Hi Hartmut,

> I'm currently updating Tryton to version 7.0 and am wondering whether it's better to contribute the change to Guix or to set up a
> channel for Tryton.
>
> WDYT? I'm eager to learn about your thoughts.
>
> Here is why I'm wondering:
>
> * Tryton consists of a client, a server and about 200 module/add-on providing business logic.
> * Tryton publishes a LTS version every 2.5 years. Two LTS versions are supported (currently 6.0 and 7.0) and bugfixes are backported
>  there for 5 years.

I think it would be preferable to have one LTS version in Guix.  If you
want to commit to maintaining the packages I think it would be worth
discussing whether to grant you commit rights to handle these upgrades
by yourself.

> OTOH in Guix, maintaining several version seems laborious.

What makes you say this?  What exactly is the obstacle here?

> Anyhow I'm unsure whether it's worth the effort maintaining three versions and whether I'll be able to keep three version up to date -
> esp. given that I don't have much automation for this.

Personally, I don't think it makes sense to commit to maintaining there
separate versions.  It seems like a really big committment.

-- 
Ricardo