From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: znavko@disroot.org Subject: Use cases for using old versions of packages in container Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 17:21:13 +0000 Message-ID: <991cfec95c4b2698c332c05a505d2e5b@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPsA6-0006Wl-DW for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 13:21:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPsA5-0000hn-8l for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 13:21:22 -0400 Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:39570) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPsA2-0000aF-Ny for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 May 2019 13:21:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871F330FC7 for ; Sun, 12 May 2019 19:21:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WaLtXSIDoKpf for ; Sun, 12 May 2019 19:21:14 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix Hello! Will you bring some links to the materials or projects or fosdem v= ideos where I can clear why is to use old versions of packages? Why devel= opers need this feature?=0ASorry, I had not found such messages in Russia= n linux forum about how to setup environment of previous software version= s. The only discussions I heard were how to update without breaking the s= ystem and which package manager breaks less often.=0A=0AEven the Reproduc= ible Builds Project [1], connected to one of GNU Guix features, does decl= are the purpose like verification that code has no backdoors:=0A"The moti= vation behind the Reproducible Builds project is therefore to allow verif= ication that no vulnerabilities or backdoors have been introduced during = this compilation process."=0A=0AI only want to find areas and to read abo= ut it, where OS users need to use old versions. I suppose it is embedded = systems. But may be something else?=0A[1] https://reproducible-builds.org= /