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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add soil.
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 22:16:46 -0400
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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:
>
>> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>>> +              ;; No versioned archive available.
>>>> +              (uri "http://www.lonesock.net/files/soil.zip")
>>>
>>> Normally, this would not work: As soon as a new version comes out, we w=
ould
>>> lose the old one, except for a copy on hydra that might be garbage coll=
ected.
>>> So I think it would be preferable to use an svn checkout.
>>>
>>> In this particular case, since there are no new releases, the argument
>>> becomes moot...
>>
>> Yeah, dunno what to do here.  I could use the SVN checkout, but that
>> really sucks.
>
> Either way is fine.  If the project is inactive, soil.zip won=E2=80=99t g=
et
> updated anyway I guess.

Thanks.  Pushed as-is.

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