From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add cufflinks. Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:06:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3lyb03z.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871tdycmtr.fsf@gnu.org> <20150916195644.GC3460@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54761) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcIy8-0005U2-N4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:06:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcIy3-0003uQ-OP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:06:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20150916195644.GC3460@debian> (Andreas Enge's message of "Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:56:44 +0200") 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 Andreas Enge skribis: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:10:08PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> > +(define boost-1.55 >> > + (package (inherit boost) >> I would keep it next to =E2=80=98boost=E2=80=99. > > If it is just a temporary work-around that will disappear at the next rel= ease, > it might make sense to keep it as a private variable next to its use. Yes, but my concern is that someone else might end up duplicating boost-1.55 elsewhere. Also, it=E2=80=99s best to avoid top-level references to variables of anoth= er module. Ludo=E2=80=99.