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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com Cc: Guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.67 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=i3CLqBkj; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 2FF2C343C1 X-Spam-Score: -3.67 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: gmyZpXk2cypt --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ludo, Hope you're good :-) Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hi Alex! > > Alex Sassmannshausen skribis: > >> To this end, in the attached patch, I add a new variable for 0.5. My >> intention is to have 0.4.2 and 0.5 coexist for a while and then to >> switch fully to 0.5 in due course. >> >> >> Is this an acceptable way of doing a gradual transition to a backwards >> incompatible version of the library? > > Definitely! We=E2=80=99ve done that in the past for Guile-JSON, among ot= hers. > > Should we commit it on your behalf? Yes indeed, please go ahead! Cheers :) Alex > > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iJUEAREIAD0WIQSaK0Ae0AEGUBWEuqyLxPRHboqOAAUCYC600B8cYWxleC5zYXNz bWFubnNoYXVzZW5AZ21haWwuY29tAAoJEIvE9Eduio4A1dUBAMI9t+Z3pgkrS8mB Cb3c3NBYXqPGS8UtMt3k7HfFh++LAQC4occZxmf4NOjJHbU5tAaKv0qEO94m7bQq b65eZ8iT5Q== =FrK+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--