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

From: Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is>
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Subject: Re: bug#32836: emacs-magit is broken (and probably others) due to
 package renaming
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:21:20 +0000

Alex Kost transcribed 331 bytes:
> Pierre Neidhardt (2018-09-25 17:04 +0200) wrote:
> 
> > 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 totally agree!  I don't like this practice very much.
> 
> -- 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 

Very often the name we use, except for language specific packages, is the same
as upstream uses. "name" can be shorter than "whatever-long-name".
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