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* What to do when a package is removed upstream
@ 2021-04-20  8:24 Bonface Munyoki K.
  2021-04-20  8:35 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bonface Munyoki K. @ 2021-04-20  8:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-guix; +Cc: Pjotr Prins

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Hi Guix!

What do you do when you want to use a package that
has already been removed from guix. An example is
that I have a legacy project that I help maintain
that still uses some old python2 packages. One of
them is python2-flask*. Right now, as a work
around, I manually write the package definitions
somewhere and build those; but I feel there are
better ways of doing that. What ways, if any, are
those?

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* Re: What to do when a package is removed upstream
  2021-04-20  8:24 What to do when a package is removed upstream Bonface Munyoki K.
@ 2021-04-20  8:35 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  2021-04-20 16:24   ` Leo Famulari
  2021-04-23  9:53   ` Bonface Munyoki K.
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice @ 2021-04-20  8:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bonface Munyoki K.; +Cc: Pjotr Prins, help-guix

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Bonface,

Bonface Munyoki K. writes:
> What do you do when you want to use a package that
> has already been removed from guix. An example is
> that I have a legacy project that I help maintain
> that still uses some old python2 packages. One of
> them is python2-flask*. Right now, as a work
> around, I manually write the package definitions
> somewhere and build those; but I feel there are
> better ways of doing that. What ways, if any, are
> those?

You can use an ‘inferior’[0] Guix if you don't mind the entire 
closure of python2-flask* being frozen in the past -- possibly 
including incompatibilities or known security vulnerabilities.

I don't know what their inclusion & maintenance criteria are, but 
another approach is to add the removed packages to the 
guix-past[1] channel.

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Inferiors.html
[1]: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past

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* Re: What to do when a package is removed upstream
  2021-04-20  8:35 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
@ 2021-04-20 16:24   ` Leo Famulari
  2021-04-23  9:53   ` Bonface Munyoki K.
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Leo Famulari @ 2021-04-20 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice; +Cc: Bonface Munyoki K., help-guix, Pjotr Prins

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:35:10AM +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> You can use an ‘inferior’[0] Guix if you don't mind the entire closure of
> python2-flask* being frozen in the past -- possibly including
> incompatibilities or known security vulnerabilities.
> 
> I don't know what their inclusion & maintenance criteria are, but another
> approach is to add the removed packages to the guix-past[1] channel.

It might be nice to document these options somehow.

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* Re: What to do when a package is removed upstream
  2021-04-20  8:35 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  2021-04-20 16:24   ` Leo Famulari
@ 2021-04-23  9:53   ` Bonface Munyoki K.
  2021-04-23 12:06     ` Ricardo Wurmus
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bonface Munyoki K. @ 2021-04-23  9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice; +Cc: help-guix, Pjotr Prins

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Hi Tobias!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

> Bonface,
>
> Bonface Munyoki K. writes:
>> What do you do when you want to use a package that
>> has already been removed from guix. An example is
>> that I have a legacy project that I help maintain
>> that still uses some old python2 packages. One of
>> them is python2-flask*. Right now, as a work
>> around, I manually write the package definitions
>> somewhere and build those; but I feel there are
>> better ways of doing that. What ways, if any, are
>> those?
>
> You can use an ‘inferior’[0] Guix if you don't
> mind the entire closure of python2-flask* being
> frozen in the past -- possibly including
> incompatibilities or known security
> vulnerabilities.
>
> I don't know what their inclusion & maintenance
> criteria are, but another approach is to add the
> removed packages to the guix-past[1] channel.
>
I reckon using guix-past (or another channel)
would be the way to go. I can't see any packages
that use "inferiors" yet; when that happens, it'd
be a good idea to start considering it!

> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
>
> [0]: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Inferiors.html
> [1]: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past
>

-- 
Bonface M. K. D4F09EB110177E03C28E2FE1F5BBAE1E0392253F
Free Software Activist
Humble GNU Emacs User / Bearer of scheme-y parens
Curator: <https://upbookclub.com> / Twitter: @BonfaceKilz

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* Re: What to do when a package is removed upstream
  2021-04-23  9:53   ` Bonface Munyoki K.
@ 2021-04-23 12:06     ` Ricardo Wurmus
  2021-04-23 13:26       ` Bonface Munyoki K.
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2021-04-23 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bonface Munyoki K.; +Cc: help-guix, Pjotr Prins


Bonface Munyoki K. <me@bonfacemunyoki.com> writes:

>> You can use an ‘inferior’[0] Guix if you don't
>> mind the entire closure of python2-flask* being
>> frozen in the past -- possibly including
>> incompatibilities or known security
>> vulnerabilities.
>>
>> I don't know what their inclusion & maintenance
>> criteria are, but another approach is to add the
>> removed packages to the guix-past[1] channel.
>>
> I reckon using guix-past (or another channel)
> would be the way to go. I can't see any packages
> that use "inferiors" yet; when that happens, it'd
> be a good idea to start considering it!

To clarify: no packages distributed in the official Guix channel 
itself will ever use an inferior.  Inferiors can, however, be used 
effectively in user manifests to install packages from the past 
(or using a particular combination of channels).

-- 
Ricardo


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* Re: What to do when a package is removed upstream
  2021-04-23 12:06     ` Ricardo Wurmus
@ 2021-04-23 13:26       ` Bonface Munyoki K.
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bonface Munyoki K. @ 2021-04-23 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: help-guix, Pjotr Prins

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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Bonface Munyoki K. <me@bonfacemunyoki.com> writes:
>
>>> You can use an ‘inferior’[0] Guix if you don't
>>> mind the entire closure of python2-flask* being
>>> frozen in the past -- possibly including
>>> incompatibilities or known security
>>> vulnerabilities.
>>>
>>> I don't know what their inclusion & maintenance
>>> criteria are, but another approach is to add the
>>> removed packages to the guix-past[1] channel.
>>>
>> I reckon using guix-past (or another channel)
>> would be the way to go. I can't see any packages
>> that use "inferiors" yet; when that happens, it'd
>> be a good idea to start considering it!
>
> To clarify: no packages distributed in the
> official Guix channel itself will ever use an
> inferior.  Inferiors can, however, be used
> effectively in user manifests to install packages
> from the past (or using a particular combination
> of channels).

I see. Thanks for the clarification.

-- 
Bonface M. K. D4F09EB110177E03C28E2FE1F5BBAE1E0392253F
Free Software Activist
Humble GNU Emacs User / Bearer of scheme-y parens
Curator: <https://upbookclub.com> / Twitter: @BonfaceKilz

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