Re: [PATCH 2/6] gnu: mdds: Update to 1.1.0.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 12:42:03PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> * gnu/packages/boost.scm (mdds): Update to 1.1.0.
> [home-page]: Update to new homepage.
> (mdds-0.12.1): Keep for libreoffice.

While I wait for the build to finish, here is a superficial review.

[...]

>  ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
> -;;; Copyright © 2016 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

Is it possible to keep Eric's line in place, just to reduce noise in the
logs?

>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -107,21 +108,36 @@ across a broad spectrum of applications.")
>  (define-public mdds
>    (package
>      (name "mdds")
> -    (version "0.12.1")
> +    (version "1.1.0")
>      (source (origin
>               (method url-fetch)
>               (uri (string-append
> -                   "http://kohei.us/files/mdds/src/mdds_" version ".tar.bz2"))
> +                   "http://kohei.us/files/mdds/src/mdds-" version ".tar.bz2"))

I can't figure out what the difference is between these lines...

[...]

> +;; Libreoffice needs mdds-0.12.1 to build, but its dependancies need mdds-1.0+.
> +;; Rather than use an external binary while building libreoffice, it's better
> +;; to keep this version around until Libreoffice updates its dependancy.
> +(define-public mdds-0.12.1

Could this be a private variable in libreoffice.scm?

> +  (package
> +    (inherit mdds)
> +    (version "0.12.1")
> +    (source
> +      (origin
> +        (method url-fetch)
> +        (uri (string-append "http://kohei.us/files/mdds/src/mdds_" version ".tar.bz2"))
> +        (sha256
> +         (base32
> +          "0gg8mb9kxh3wggh7njj1gf90xy27p0yq2cw88wqar9hhg2fmwmi3"))))))
> -- 
> 2.7.0
> 
>