Acknowledgement sent
to Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-guix@gnu.org.
(Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:21:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>, bug-guix@gnu.org
Cc: Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>, 32111-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: daemon store names can't start with a dot
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:20:23 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Hello Clément,
>
> Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:
>
>> Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can you provide some context why this is necessary, maybe even
>>> in the commit message?
>>
>> It's necessary when you want to package a program whose source looks
>> like file:///home/foo/.bar.
>
> I’d rather not make this kind of change. In general, I think we should
> be very conservative about changes to the daemon and its protocol,
> because that’s the common denominator of all the versions of Guix.
>
> If we change something like it, then we’ll get subtle breakage depending
> on the version of the daemon in use.
>
> WDYT?
Okay, let's abandon this then :-)
CCing bug-guix because I still think it's a bug; please close it if you
disagree.
Clément
Added tag(s) wontfix.
Request was from clement@lassieur.org (Clément Lassieur)
to control@debbugs.gnu.org.
(Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:33:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Information forwarded
to bug-guix@gnu.org: bug#32132; Package guix.
(Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:36:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Cc: 32132@debbugs.gnu.org, Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>,
32111-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: daemon store names can't start with a dot
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:35:06 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Looks like you already closed it (or was it me?).
Well, I closed 32111 (guix-patches) but I opened 32132 (bug-guix) with a
wontfix tag, so that people can find it easily if they stumble across
the issue.
> Anyway, it’s certainly a limitation, but given that it’s an annoyance
> more than a showstopper (in my view at least), I’m in favor keeping
> things this way for the sake of compatibility.
Agreed :-)
bug closed, send any further explanations to
32132@debbugs.gnu.org and Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
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to control@debbugs.gnu.org.
(Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:56:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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