From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:8:6d80::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 8OGJCP2rLmCTLgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:03:41 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:8:6d80::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id 8LVVBP2rLmAzUgAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:03:41 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5F11327F2 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:03:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([::1]:34238 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCneN-0004y0-QD for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:03:39 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCnav-00039M-Kh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:00:05 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47411) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCnav-0006dX-B4; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:00:05 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=46908 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lCnar-0002j8-Ez; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:00:02 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Alex Sassmannshausen Subject: Re: New backward incompatible version of Guile Config References: <8735xuzo4w.fsf@gmail.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 30 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8735xuzo4w.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Sassmannshausen's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:53:51 +0100") Message-ID: <878s7lp87z.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.37 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A5F11327F2 X-Spam-Score: -1.37 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: ta2bij+yo/Vt Hi Alex! Alex Sassmannshausen skribis: > To this end, in the attached patch, I add a new variable for 0.5. My > intention is to have 0.4.2 and 0.5 coexist for a while and then to > switch fully to 0.5 in due course. > > > Is this an acceptable way of doing a gradual transition to a backwards > incompatible version of the library? Definitely! We=E2=80=99ve done that in the past for Guile-JSON, among othe= rs. Should we commit it on your behalf? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.