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

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is>
Cc: 32836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32836: emacs-magit is broken (and probably others) due to
 package renaming
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:05:39 +0200

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> 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".

It often works, but at the cost of raising issues like this thread.
I think it's more important to make the URL reliable than to make it short :)

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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