Subject: [bug#44978] Update vlang

From: Ryan Prior <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 04:59:46 +0000

Hi there! It would be good to get some feedback on this patch series, if you have any question or reservations!

Also, since it's related, some updates on vlang packaging efforts:

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1) The next release will have support for multiple directores in the VMODULES environment variable, allowing us to use it as a search path similar to how we do GOPATH. This opens the door to a v-build-system and inclusion of packages for v libraries, which I'm researching how to contribute. This is the last v release where all the libraries have to be copied into a single directory.
2) The build system for compiling tools ahead-of-time has not been in good shape, but with some prodding from myself, it's improving. Hopefully by the next release we should have a fix for https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44978

Cheers,
Ryan