GNU bug report logs - #32836
emacs-magit is broken (and probably others) due to package renaming

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling <at> bjoernhoefling.de>

Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 32836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Taylan Kammer <taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling <at> bjoernhoefling.de>,
 32836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32836: emacs-magit is broken (and probably others) due to
 package renaming
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:29:51 +0200

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> writes:

> Oopsy, missed that indeed! xD
> Sorry for the trouble, will fix as soon as possible.
>
> By the way, I think using "name" for URLs is a bad practice, we only need
> "version" there.  What do you people think?

I agree.  Whenever I've seen 'name' being used in URL definitions in the
past I wondered what the point is, since our naming doesn't necessarily
align with the name of the file to be downloaded.

Taylan
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