From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 30469@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#30469] [PATCH 0/1] Require Guile >= 2.0.14
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:59:24 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180225151831.1b413f51@centurylink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1v280yz.fsf@gnu.org>
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 23:41:24 +0100
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net> skribis:
>
> > On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:26:27 +0100
> > Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Guix,
> >>
> >> This patch is to require Guile >= 2.0.14, released one year ago, instead
> >> of 2.0.9, released in 2013.
> >>
> >> For the record, here’s the distro status:
> >>
> >> • Debian unstable has 2.2:
> >> <https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=guile-2.2>.
> >>
> >> • Older Debian versions have 2.0.13 (not .14):
> >> <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=guile-2.0>.
> >
> > How much of this patch would change if it were to instead support
> > 2.0.13? Is cutting off users of Debian stable a good idea?
>
> I’ll double-check but I think the patch remains valid if we require
> 2.0.13.
>
> If it works I’ll commit that next week.
Cool.
>
> >> I’d also like it to be the last release that support Guile 2.0.
> >
> > Same question.
>
> 2.2 is becoming quite widespread in distros.
>
> Overall it’s a cost/benefit tradeoff, and we have to take into account
> that most users get Guix using the binary tarball or GuixSD.
Right. But this can also become self-fulfilling. If we make it too
hard for people to build from source, the binary tarball becomes more
and more the only option.
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
Thanks for humoring me.
`~Eric
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-26 1:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-15 15:26 [bug#30469] [PATCH 0/1] Require Guile >= 2.0.14 Ludovic Courtès
2018-02-15 15:29 ` [bug#30469] [PATCH 1/1] build: " Ludovic Courtès
2018-02-24 14:30 ` [bug#30469] [PATCH 0/1] " Eric Bavier
2018-02-24 22:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-02-25 11:53 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2018-02-27 17:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-02-26 0:59 ` Eric Bavier [this message]
2018-02-26 18:49 ` bug#30469: " Ludovic Courtès
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