From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add gmime Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:17:44 -0500 Message-ID: <87ob238kzb.fsf@netris.org> References: <87ha7vn3pv.fsf@netris.org> <20140219092921.GB4694@debian.eduroam.u-bordeaux.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WG4Ei-0001iL-Qf for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:18:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WG4Ec-0000Bj-Le for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:18:40 -0500 Received: from world.peace.net ([96.39.62.75]:42034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WG4Ec-0000Bf-I6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:18:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20140219092921.GB4694@debian.eduroam.u-bordeaux.fr> (Andreas Enge's message of "Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:29:21 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Andreas Enge writes: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:09:16PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> This adds gmime, another step toward notmuch (mail). >> + #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)) > > Is this module needed in the sense that the solution is preferable to what > is done, for instance, to determine the file name of qt? The code in the qt recipe removes everything after (and including) the last period. I think that's not as robust, because it fails to properly handle a version number with more (or less) than 3 components. srfi-1 is very widely used. It is certainly already loaded already, so importing it is a cheap operation. What do you think? Mark