* Creating an unversioned rust-cargo symbol
@ 2024-02-29 22:42 Richard Sent
2024-03-11 8:58 ` Efraim Flashner
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From: Richard Sent @ 2024-02-29 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Hi Guix,
There isn't an unversioned symbol for rust-cargo defined or exported by
the (gnu packages crates-io) module. I think it would be best if an
unversioned rust-cargo symbol was created that was equal to the highest
rust-cargo release. (i.e. rust-cargo, not rust-cargo-0.76)
Alternatively, since (seemingly) only one rust-cargo package is present
at a time, perhaps the version information could be removed outright and
only an unversioned symbol used.
The alternative, (specification->package), does not work in all
circumstances (primarily with -L) [1]. This would also make Scheme code
that refers to rust-cargo cleaner, either not needing updating every new
version when the symbol changes or removing potentially awkward
(specification->package) calls.
I see that most/all of the symbols in crates-io are versioned. While
from a user perspective it would be nice if there were more unversioned
symbols, rust-cargo is /probably/ the one that needs it the most since
it's so central to the ecosystem. I can also see why versioning every
symbol might help with development given Rust's release schedule and
bootstrapping chain.
This would follow the pattern of linux-libre.
Posting to guix-devel instead of bug-guix since I'm not entirely sure
this is a bug or working as intended.
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-12/msg00310.html
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Take it easy,
Richard Sent
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* Re: Creating an unversioned rust-cargo symbol
2024-02-29 22:42 Creating an unversioned rust-cargo symbol Richard Sent
@ 2024-03-11 8:58 ` Efraim Flashner
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From: Efraim Flashner @ 2024-03-11 8:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Sent; +Cc: guix-devel
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On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 05:42:20PM -0500, Richard Sent wrote:
> Hi Guix,
>
> There isn't an unversioned symbol for rust-cargo defined or exported by
> the (gnu packages crates-io) module. I think it would be best if an
> unversioned rust-cargo symbol was created that was equal to the highest
> rust-cargo release. (i.e. rust-cargo, not rust-cargo-0.76)
>
> Alternatively, since (seemingly) only one rust-cargo package is present
> at a time, perhaps the version information could be removed outright and
> only an unversioned symbol used.
>
> The alternative, (specification->package), does not work in all
> circumstances (primarily with -L) [1]. This would also make Scheme code
> that refers to rust-cargo cleaner, either not needing updating every new
> version when the symbol changes or removing potentially awkward
> (specification->package) calls.
>
> I see that most/all of the symbols in crates-io are versioned. While
> from a user perspective it would be nice if there were more unversioned
> symbols, rust-cargo is /probably/ the one that needs it the most since
> it's so central to the ecosystem. I can also see why versioning every
> symbol might help with development given Rust's release schedule and
> bootstrapping chain.
>
> This would follow the pattern of linux-libre.
>
> Posting to guix-devel instead of bug-guix since I'm not entirely sure
> this is a bug or working as intended.
>
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-12/msg00310.html
>
I've added a rust-cargo package in rust-apps.scm and a note in
crates-io.scm to remove it with the next rust-team merge.
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