Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add allegro.

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Thompson, David <dthompson2@worcester.edu> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/game-development.scm (allegro): New variable.
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/game-development.scm | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
>> index b11285a..03623aa 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
>> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
>> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
>>  ;;;
>>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>>  ;;;
>> @@ -342,6 +343,46 @@ etc.")
>>      (home-page "http://liballeg.org")
>>      (license license:giftware)))
>>
>> +(define-public allegro
>
> Shouldn't this be allegro-5 since there is already an allegro-4?

I want the “allegro” variable to simply hold the latest version of
allegro.  If ever there’s a need to clarify (e.g. because we need to
keep around the last of the 5.x series when 6.x comes out) we can change
the name then.  As far as I can see that’s been our approach for some
other packages, too, most prominently “python”.

~~ Ricardo