From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add cufflinks. Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:56:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20150916195644.GC3460@debian> References: <871tdycmtr.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52889) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcIp1-0002iG-RM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:56:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcIoy-0007l1-Mg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:56:51 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871tdycmtr.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-15?Q?Court=E8s?= Cc: guix-devel On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:10:08PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > +(define boost-1.55 > > + (package (inherit boost) > I would keep it next to ‘boost’. If it is just a temporary work-around that will disappear at the next release, it might make sense to keep it as a private variable next to its use. Actually, boost-1.59.0 has been released on August 13. So the easiest approach might be to wait for the core-updates merge, then update boost, then add the new package. Andreas