From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Superseded packages Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:14:41 +0900 Message-ID: <87y42if3hq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160904021256.GA21539@jasmine> <874m5vvmi8.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <20160904184416.GB29947@jasmine> <87d1kirc4r.fsf@gnu.org> <87vay8r9r3.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <20160910172514.GA28562@jasmine> <87a8felfb9.fsf@gnu.org> <20160911151945.GB6400@jasmine> <87bmzujhn7.fsf@gnu.org> <20160920211833.GA3354@jasmine> 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]:38867) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnckY-0003MU-GX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:31:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnckW-0002j4-In for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:31:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160920211833.GA3354@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:18:33 -0400") 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" To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Leo Famulari skribis: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 10:39:08PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> > There are other incompatibilities, for example in the repository forma= t. >> > Borg provides a `borg upgrade` tool that performs a one-way conversion >> > of Attic repos to Borg repos. Just creating an 'attic -> borg' alias >> > would not be enough; any automated backup scripts would still fail. >>=20 >> Then I don=E2=80=99t know. Either we mark Attic as superseded by Borg a= nyway, >> or we need another mechanism to mark a package as =E2=80=9Cdiscouraged= =E2=80=9D? > > I've attached a patch that marks Attic as superseded by Borg. I'd like > to put it on core-updates. That way, we can mention it in the release > notes of the next Guix release, and hopefully people will notice the > change. > > WDYT? I think it could even go to =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99, but yes, we should me= ntion it in the next release notes. > From 374f81963d3ba4ec4a5e48c12848032ca8085aaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Leo Famulari > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:59:59 -0400 > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: attic: Superseded by borg. > > * gnu/packages/backup.scm (attic): Superseded by borg. > * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-llfuse-0.41): Remove variable. [...] > +(define-public attic > + (package (inherit borg) > + (name "attic") > + (properties `((superseded . ,borg))))) I was thinking that we could keep the =E2=80=98attic=E2=80=99 recipe as-is,= only with this extra =E2=80=98properties=E2=80=99 field. That way, =E2=80=9Cguix package -u=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cguix package -i at= tic=E2=80=9D would install Borg, but people who insist could still run: guix package -e '(@ (gnu packages backup) attic)' Thoughts? Anyway, feel free to push whichever sounds best to you! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.