From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:46:47 +0200 Message-ID: <87muyth0mw.fsf@fastmail.com> References: <871sh1pid1.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9jku2gt.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgeehe5g.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgedx2vn.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1txedot.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40225) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sgR-0001IJ-0d for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:46:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sgM-0007Gu-2z for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:46:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k1txedot.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Oleg Pykhalov , Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oleg Pykhalov writes: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > >> Pierre Neidhardt skribis: >> >>> Considering the importance of Emacs in this community, I think it would >>> make sense to provide a cutting-edge version. >> >> Do you mean a snapshot of the =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 branch? >> >> We don=E2=80=99t do that usually, and I would instead suggest using >> =E2=80=98--with-source=E2=80=99 for people who would like that. >> >> What do people think? > > In case of =E2=80=98emacs=E2=80=99 package recipe, =E2=80=98--with-source= =E2=80=99 doesn't work for a > snapshot of the =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 branch. > > To build the =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 branch you need to write a new pack= age recipe. I > think it's not acceptable for a non-contributor in Guix. WDYT? This sounds like a job for the mythical "channel" facility. In the mean time, sharing package recipes for sticking in GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH like you did upthread seems like a reasonable workaround. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAlq6g4cACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPoWxAgA0MfTVMGZwbCGhPNNHzPnldKEjxBwPxyMFlr77cov7DROEC/0XkP7S+MT i1OtBkvA1UmoaLIpXUlLgRTj4YznWYYFPy9qwQyE4ucJ1lsL9dYZx7sF431EVa1U CMiCoTb5p7/RrMmYz5hGaT9yApEMnPOKLKDG7u93YlhoZlMPHGTUjKJBvA7UJLOw HfEn3sa5dgZOviRDJ/Crl58MKeWiyyqmgZLmYhHYdf3GPeSoIpJb/eN9MhFlT141 yyy0hPrMllMflyjoWmfpi/F1o0/h7I4Yah0fnW4d4KMGXReUZwNjHhoPYlySl/0m f0mB8wc98QWV4/sSSVJ8AMMHwjBMqg== =Sovv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--