[bug#42354] [PATCH] gnu: open-adventure: Update to 1.8.

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi,

Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ah well, not exactly with this function, you’re right, but I think you
>> can do something like:
>>
>>   (define-public open-adventure-1.8
>>     (package
>>       (inherit open-adventure)
>>       (version "1.8")
>>       (properties `((superseded . ,open-adventure)))))
>>
>> That way “guix install open-adventure@1.8” will emit a deprecation
>> warning and install the other one.
>
> Thank you. However, wouldn't this do the exact opposite to what we want
> to achieve?
>
> We want to
> - "guix install open-adventure" and get open-adventure 1.8, not 2.5,
> - "guix upgrade open-adventure" and have open-adventure 1.8 override
>   2.5.
>
> Do you mean this instead?
>
>    (define-public open-adventure-2.5
>      (package
>        (inherit open-adventure)
>        (version "1.8")
                   ^
Should be 2.5.

>        (properties `((superseded . ,open-adventure)))))

That way, “guix upgrade open-adventure” will “downgrade” to 1.8 if
you currently have 2.5.

Ludo’.