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From: "Clément Lassieur" <clement@lassieur.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Cc: 29562@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#29562] [PATCH] gnu: lua5.1-socket: Update to 3.0-rc1 (for IPv6 support).
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:08:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvx6du3z.fsf@lassieur.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171204192455.GA30511@jasmine.lan>

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 04:14:48PM +0100, Clément Lassieur wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/lua.scm (lua5.1-socket): Update to 3.0-rc1.
>> [source]: Change upstream URI.
>> [arguments]: Set INSTALL_TOP environment variable instead of INSTALL_TOP_SHARE
>> and INSTALL_TOP_LIB.
>
> Typically we don't package release candidates or beta software.
> Sometimes we do, if there are critical bugs fixed in the RC that we
> can't backport, or if the upstream development seems to have stalled
> without issuing a final release.
>
> Can you give more detail about this case?

Sure.  This patch adds support for IPv6 to Prosody.  See
https://prosody.im/doc/ipv6 and
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-12/msg00050.html.

Even though it's a release candidate, it's four years old, it's
recommended by Prosody, and I believe IPv6 is really important.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-04 22:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-04 15:14 [bug#29562] [PATCH] gnu: lua5.1-socket: Update to 3.0-rc1 (for IPv6 support) Clément Lassieur
2017-12-04 19:24 ` Leo Famulari
2017-12-04 22:08   ` Clément Lassieur [this message]
2017-12-06  2:19     ` Leo Famulari
2017-12-06  7:26       ` Clément Lassieur

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