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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add rubygems updater.
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Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft@uq.edu.au> writes:

>>> We could even default this to the expected name of the library guesse=
d
>>> from the name of the package when #:import is not given. However, thi=
s
>>> would unfortunately break packages that have been written outside of
>>> Guix, so I imagine you don't feel this is a good idea.
>> We could choose the package name as a default value, but often that=E2=
=80=99s
>> not going to work, notably because of the =E2=80=9Cruby-=E2=80=9D pref=
ix.
>>
>> WDYT?
> Removing the "ruby-" from the package name sounds like a reasonable=20
> default, but won't work every time because some imports use underscores=
=20
> where some use dashes e.g. "minitest-pretty_diff".

For R packages we=E2=80=99re using something like this

        (properties `((upstream-name . "gridExtra")))

to hold the upstream name.  The Guix package is called =E2=80=9Cr-gridext=
ra=E2=80=9D.
Maybe that=E2=80=99s acceptable for Ruby packages too?

~~ Ricardo