Subject: Re: [bug#43442] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: mpfi: Replace 'url-fetch' by 'svn-fetch'.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:19:55 +0200

Hi!

zimoun <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/42162>.
>
> * gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm (mpfi)[source]: Replace 'url-fetch' by
> 'svn-fetch'.

[...]

> +       (method svn-fetch)
> +       (uri (svn-reference
> +             (url "https://scm.gforge.inria.fr/anonscm/svn/mpfi/trunk/mpfi")
> +             (revision 688)))

Does this have any chance of working with SWH?  Does their HTTP API
support looking up svn revision for a given origin URL?

Also:

  scheme@(guile-user)> (lookup-origin "https://scm.gforge.inria.fr/anonscm/svn/mpfi/trunk/mpfi")
  $6 = #f

So the effect today would be the opposite of what we’re attempting: when
GForge goes down, we’d lose it completely.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.