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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1669389517; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=Ylta44uZrL2lbv5hEPwnJk/FwgiCoOUWRbK+gbdXb1s=; b=Upfc6znkIG/YI1OeXT7TwumMMgXU2CsC5I8ay0Mdl+DkGRZ1OlmqyZpSelv9+QiyyNbpty xhRStm4SVq9Kf7kuwLAaTRN4Oo0tzVXXvF5SAQJZD3CnruM+OXWp1AIuS0enL3Px6Cr+kk soP/X1gIMUAuGX9DBqreMKy+u7+iNGzMyoEqcPpKsH/Npz6s6KmWwdIbfoYu+ZPhUFmCN0 68pgcrRx4qKPu8PlF+8dq82vDesfw3B1748rvI1j4Wl/VJz2VdQcgK2/J3oAIlwYOs7Yzy Lu4Nrd5qYBhewrLgoHXigXw55hYxCn1tM8h1yzoOCQzUs/K0oiRIAexWt88EUA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1669389517; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=qqpqqPFGpWqhiGio7bg6R7c9ggndihJDRgb/sTuGo19+KuJAFknzHw/CMVB9BPTehhGcZT jrR7F8I5zHulv8jQwwenHN9zpiU704Ly0hHwbfuaoUAnEqD9graLp3nlVDvf8A3IoUoBAu mr0KV0bkDIcu+v2Ms48AMGd4/iaKpoHTi6kyHnTjyHvDnmI3FrUsy4KBJLbKmFt3NTeBCP JKtdrpZr5fk6JZh31KxC5KQm5F9pOL7YG/pDymgdLj0Cop5yzOW+MCtHkJo1afpdhbKvS+ qKxlmof132fHONJgj/bRvsLhXFRqj0SSSLX0rb524S9RlcinPd2r1TR1ZiOzNg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=mIuEKHMK; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.77 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=mIuEKHMK; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: B3ED71E06B X-Spam-Score: -5.77 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: Hm0VFCRmRbmJ Hi Simon, zimoun writes: > Hi Maxim, > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 at 16:00, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > >> That sounds very appropriate indeed. I guess we could send >> announcements on API breaking changes to both places. I suppose not >> many people are registered to 'info-guix' (I wasn't myself until >> recently ^^'). > > Well, more is better here, no? :-) > > >> I guess that's a question of how disruptive the API change is, but it'd >> be convenient if it was 2 weeks to match the time the change might >> appear on guix-patches un-reviewed. > > Well, the process for API change could be: > > 1. + submit to guix-patches, > + in the same time, announce to guix-devel; so people not subscribed to > guix-patches can chime. > 2. + after 2 weeks, or consensus, merge the change, > + in the same time, announce to guix-devel, info-guix and --news. > > There is no extra burden and it smooths the change for many users, IMHO. > > WDYT? This sounds reasonable to me, with the addition that the "core" team members should be added as CC when submitting the API changing patch(es) (etc/teams.scm cc core). -- Thanks, Maxim