From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>,
Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.)
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:21:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzzxy6l0.fsf@nckx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7p94yqk.fsf@gmail.com>
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Hi!
Maxim Cournoyer 写道:
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
>> It is not clear for me why you choose one over the other. From
>> my
>> current understanding, I would be tempted to always use
>> 'package/inherit' and never plain 'inherit'.
>
> I also got confused by that in the past;
Same. I think it's a rite of passage. A questionable one.
> The way I process it internally now is this:
>
> If the inheritance is for *same-source/same-version* variants of
> a
> package, they should use package/inherit, as any security issues
> found
> in the parent package should also be applied to that package
> (since they
> use the same source). Otherwise, plain 'inherit' should be used
> (e.g. for newer version variants).
That about jives with my intuition.
Judging by the (IMO) universal confusion this causes, it is (IMO)
spectacularly poorly-named. A docstring doesn't fix that.
Could we rename it to something like
‘package+replacements/inherit’? To me, that captures the spirit,
without being overly longer.
But I'll gladly judge other bikesheds if they lead to a less
misleading name.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-21 13:06 [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-21 13:07 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 4/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:37 ` [bug#61674] Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-27 21:15 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-26 0:44 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 4/4] " Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-27 21:15 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] " Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-26 2:55 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Leo Famulari
2023-02-27 21:14 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH 0/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-28 10:35 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-03 10:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-03 11:04 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-03 15:54 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-03 18:19 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-04 3:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-04 11:11 ` Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-03-03 19:21 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice [this message]
2023-03-04 3:44 ` The package/inherit trap Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-07 11:46 ` The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.) Simon Tournier
2023-03-07 16:43 ` The package/inherit trap Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-07 17:46 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-07 22:11 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2023-03-08 9:07 ` Simon Tournier
2023-07-31 20:17 ` John Kehayias
2023-08-06 23:10 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-08-07 14:41 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-10 20:40 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-08-10 21:27 ` Mark H Weaver
2023-09-02 18:46 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-07 0:00 ` The package/inherit trap (was: gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky.) (
2023-08-07 6:29 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-08-07 14:43 ` The package/inherit trap Maxim Cournoyer
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 1/4] gnu: Add calcmysky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 2/4] gnu: qxlsx: Use Qt6 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 3/4] gnu: Add qxlsx-qt5 Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-02-28 0:12 ` [bug#61674] [PATCH v3 4/4] gnu: stellarium: Enable ShowMySky Sharlatan Hellseher
2023-03-07 10:39 ` bug#61674: [PATCH 0/4] " Ludovic Courtès
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