On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 07:46:53PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
> David Craven <david@craven.ch> writes:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/flex.scm (flex-2.6.1): New variable.
> 
> This is newer than what we currently have (2.6.0). I know it's late in
> the core-updates cycle, but maybe we can squeeze in a flex upgrade?

I saw this explanatory message on #guix:

https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix/2016-10-29#T1187445

Please add some detail in a code comment so we know why it's required :)