From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34664) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLyvD-0002m5-MJ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:09:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLyv8-0005ls-PY for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:09:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:37384) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLyv8-0005lm-MQ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:09:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eLyv8-0000IN-CA for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:09:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#29562] [PATCH] gnu: lua5.1-socket: Update to 3.0-rc1 (for IPv6 support). Resent-Message-ID: References: <20171204151448.26723-1-clement@lassieur.org> <20171204192455.GA30511@jasmine.lan> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur In-reply-to: <20171204192455.GA30511@jasmine.lan> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:08:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87tvx6du3z.fsf@lassieur.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Leo Famulari Cc: 29562@debbugs.gnu.org Leo Famulari 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.