From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Mar 03 14:02:01 2023 Received: (at 61829) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Mar 2023 19:02:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33995 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pYAfJ-0003F9-3g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:02:01 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-f42.google.com ([209.85.221.42]:41909) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pYAfH-0003Eq-9I for 61829@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:01:59 -0500 Received: by mail-wr1-f42.google.com with SMTP id f11so3244911wrv.8 for <61829@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:01:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1677870113; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:references :in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=UD5IskaO8Nc/QDefWAcHcHJQg+p7WwojrdaAMzhFVls=; b=Cs0Xx/8WaOn2YkFcnf5U3m/lOBYxmkBm71HdKhf1jMTgGGSq4NzLCG6Tw3xkMgvDga nRZj0YDdGNN/ASQz9GeEjAPAN/AbH8cb4Ug9q5ntqI+evZzSYXCnsyMyBXtmKkMvI8RY xrmECnAPsjMwyBOIWDAT5pw+fnH1l9AEE6aF+ULxUgraHIXkiNz0teOzf3df/gP3HHTe Hjz71gxtL6UcLOSVRg0VduiIZaOxEvdZx+ibmAVnYvaEC9XZCSqBwjH9Qax/HzBCKIw2 WazdljwlrVSn8yhv9F4fmQD3SY215Nl7k/6OCgq33KyfxbHLFIDu+J0/2nARM7LDsJmL Xujw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1677870113; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:references :in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=UD5IskaO8Nc/QDefWAcHcHJQg+p7WwojrdaAMzhFVls=; b=mOdP+x2pPWvVsWn5hoHjsbr2fjdCBbn2SYcw8SLFg7SA24imRencqeTBArpai+U1oM jkcWm50oTgCfjlGvE7ZHLgxPOdfXd6zE4uRz4yIrl3PbIgUxV4f3SCn6vMFGKq+D6x0P FwhXwaBiykqMxSKAm18QV0OrU9dj2iAHQ29Vv+hzw4Wyrzi/FlUjuPxB+On36ZVXU4cX sHQf+HMUkUw+bUuYuo2RYkY8M0R4tEK7wLY30mjbP3ABRPZeDS/6LD758csa9vTXYyM1 VqwrHD3WtDhCzc4SQOe0YRH2TxunDgm38H4nXx4cbpj8x3t1suqSm5lCEcQLTsI8ec+0 b5ZQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUkTM0qYb4DsIpDNMb0cteyOQ8Jhl1QxeQf3oK/sjqS9HVwA6N8 i3N3gCDmZGTykbNsBP6NlMwikJcLbtA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set/C/PblIMfd86euQWYKuAT5oIFpuizW/XAzK6S3F+Cepo2RTfWqyyxQZtdnQxNyCr0AFSbmdg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:fe48:0:b0:2ca:ab68:eff9 with SMTP id m8-20020adffe48000000b002caab68eff9mr2159750wrs.7.1677870113327; Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:01:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from lili (roam-nat-fw-prg-194-254-61-47.net.univ-paris-diderot.fr. [194.254.61.47]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j39-20020a05600c48a700b003e21638c0edsm2947937wmp.45.2023.03.03.11.01.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:01:53 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Tournier To: Bruno Victal Subject: Re: [bug#61829] [PATCH 01/11] gnu: Purge pre-1.3.0 deprecated packages. In-Reply-To: <928e1b99-9c25-14f4-31eb-52ccd2c74b4d@makinata.eu> References: <87edqaj6jd.fsf@gmail.com> <928e1b99-9c25-14f4-31eb-52ccd2c74b4d@makinata.eu> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:57:43 +0100 Message-ID: <86h6v1zmqg.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 61829 Cc: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , 61829@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hi Bruno, On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 at 02:29, Bruno Victal wrote: > This was informally discussed in #guix with Ludovic as a follow-up to > the services cleanup. (tracked at #61789) Ah cool! > The idea is to shed pre-1.3.0 deprecated code from Guix to reduce the > overall maintenance burden. Given the age of the release and the warnings= , I assume > most users/maintainers would have taken notice and applied updates. > (no actual package definitions have been removed, only their old aliases) > > These variables were found by grep + git blame'ing the files and combing = the output > to ensure that only pre-1.3.0 variables were considered. Well, I have nothing for the removal, only with the process. Somehow, we are missing a policy for such, IMHO. And that=E2=80=99s not related to = this series. :-) Since the variables are deprecated since a very long time, yeah it sounds reasonable to remove them. Cheers, simon