Re: [PATCH 0/1] OpenSSL 1.1.0

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 03:50:55PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>> > When I put "openssl" in the 'name' field, as attached, `guix build
>> > openssl` gives me 1.1.0, which is not right. The other *-next packages
>> > all seem to use "name-next" as the name.
>> 
>> Yes, but it’s different.  Guile 2.1, for instance, is the development
>> series, so it makes sense to give it a different name so users don’t end
>> up using the “wrong” series.
>> 
>> Conversely, IIUC, OpenSSL 1.1.0 is the new stable series, no?
>
> 1.1.0 is the new stable series, but I haven't found any software that
> can use the new interface yet. So, I don't want to make 1.1.0 the
> default OpenSSL version in Guix. Does that make sense?

Yes, but as long the ‘openssl’ refers to 1.0.x, it doesn’t really matter
than the “openssl” package points to the latest one, no?  Use can still
run “guix package -i openssl@1.0” if they want.

Ludo’.