From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed May 15 05:59:31 2019 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 May 2019 09:59:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51034 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqh9-0005jl-2B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:31 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46835) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqh6-0005jW-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:29 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:43160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqh1-0008B0-Aw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:32984) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqh0-0003rT-AV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:23 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqgz-00089d-4b for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:22 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.de ([5.45.111.108]:41712 helo=mail.pelzflorian.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQqgy-00088j-LD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 May 2019 05:59:21 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.localdomain (unknown [5.45.111.108]) by mail.pelzflorian.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2062A360038 for ; Wed, 15 May 2019 11:58:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=pelzflorian.de; s=mail; t=1557914326; bh=YrFU4zo4ZzwEgvE7OT0Xijatn/Zg7zS4wh+0rZxjvZc=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=TuH0wAqTQdMik+1TkfP9BTy6BVmS3WQ9zmd/aoFoDAIFKCLNjCBvlwaRvKeEOpEW0 9toXnDcTLlG/yzKLiXe0ys8+pNX7TZMeloVk/G1wFfDnw1dHTAh6pPHAoIuQO+CKYy mH6ndmRdsV/Y9kNA5ZcPf9Vj+qUvg3ocWIXfKMGM= Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 11:58:46 +0200 From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: [wishlist] Add --with-version package transformation option Message-ID: <20190515095845.vjxw2cbvaj23dr3a@pelzflorian.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 5.45.111.108 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit 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: -2.4 (--) I would like to see a --with-version package transformation option. Currently Guix only supports package transformation options --with-source and --with-commit that are more complicated to use. See for background information. For git packages, it would be sufficient if --with-commit supported tags. If feasible, I think other packages should be designed so as to make a --with-version possible. Currently many packages have a version field, but transforming it does not change the hygienically generated source URI. Regards, Florian