On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:31:38 +0100
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> we have the following in gnome.scm:
> $ guix package -A libwnck
> libwnck	2.30.7	out	gnu/packages/gnome.scm:1464:2
> libwnck	3.14.0	out	gnu/packages/gnome.scm:1435:2
> 
> However, the first one is internally assigned to the variable "libwnck-1".
> I assume that someone got inspired by another case where the "-1" is actually
> a version number. Is it okay if I rename it to "libwnck-2"?
> 
> Andreas
> 
> 

efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-1
guix refresh: error: libwnck: package not found for version 1
efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-2
Building the following package would ensure 1 dependent packages are rebuilt: xfce-4.12.0
efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-3
Building the following package would ensure 1 dependent packages are rebuilt: gnome-3.18.3

Looks like a good idea to me. Finding specific non-latest version can be
hard, and having the 2.x version having the same string for packaging as for
searching should help.


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