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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#39195: guix pull switching between profiles/per-user and
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To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: 39195@debbugs.gnu.org, 39195-done@debbugs.gnu.org, jimmy@thrasibule.mx

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> I even propose that Guix bumps the minor version each time
> core-updates or staging is merged. :-)
> Zero cost for us to bump the minor version. And the plus are:
>
>  - a bit easier to navigate; because there more tags in the repo ;-)
>  - non rolling release users expect version numbering; other said
> current Debian or Ubuntu users are "afraid" to "pull" and be in
> "unstable", so they jump only from version to version.
>
> We could add a policy about the bumping the minor version.
>
> What do you think?

I guess semver doesn=E2=80=99t apply to Guix taken as a whole, so version
numbers should be chosen to suggest how =E2=80=9Cdifferent=E2=80=9D the new=
 release is.
That=E2=80=99s pretty subjective, though.

Ludo=E2=80=99.