Subject: Re: [bug#44208] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: netcdf: Update to 4.7.4.

From: Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:04:00 +0000

Jonathan Brielmaier <[email-masked]> writes:

> On 25.10.20 11:35, Christopher Baines wrote:
>> This will fix an issue building qgis.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (netcdf): Update to 4.7.4.
>> [source]: Remove the netcdf-tst_h_par.patch.
>> [inputs]: Update hdf5 and add curl.
>> * gnu/packages/patches/netcdf-tst_h_par.patch: Delete.
>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Remove deleted patch.
>> ---
> [...]
>>      (source
>>       (origin
>>         (method url-fetch)
>> -       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/"
>> -                           "netcdf-" version ".tar.gz"))
>> +       (uri (string-append
>> +             "https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/"
>> +             "netcdf-c-" version ".tar.gz"))
>
> Do we usually mention such changes in the commit message?

Assuming you were referring to the change in name for the source
tarball, I've now added a bit about that in to the commit message. I
don't really have that much information to add though, just that new
releases seem to have a different name.