From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add older ruby 1.8.7 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:34:49 -0400 Message-ID: <87y4s31mae.fsf@netris.org> References: <20141025225814.GA17304@thebird.nl> <87ppdfr8eh.fsf@yeeloong.lan> <20141026020905.GA17838@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiFXk-00046m-Cs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:35:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiFXe-0006SC-Cx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:35:04 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([96.39.62.75]:48267) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiFXe-0006S5-9U for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:34:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20141026020905.GA17838@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:09:05 +0100") 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: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Mark H Weaver wrote: > What's that "-p374" in the file name? If it's a patch level, then I > think it should be part of the version string. Pjotr Prins wrote: > Good point. How do we use patch levels anyway? I'm sorry, I don't understand your question. What does it mean to "use" a patch level? Mark