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[PATCH] gnu: Add qbe.

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Message #10 received at 55151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> ist.tugraz.at>
Cc: paren <at> disroot.org, 55151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 53833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53833: [PATCH] gnu: Add qbe.
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 15:16:13 +0200

Hi,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> ist.tugraz.at> skribis:

> Am Montag, dem 25.04.2022 um 20:05 +0000 schrieb paren <at> disroot.org:
>> QBE is now being used in one reasonably mature project:
>> https://harelang.org
>> 
>> While it's not at 1.0 yet, it's been in development for ~2 (i think)
>> years now.
> I'm not asking for a 1.0, I'd be fine with a 0.1 or even a 0.0.1.  As
> it stands, every place I look at says "this is experimental" rather
> than "you can use this and it ought to work as intended at least for
> these sample programs".

But that’s fine: having a web page at all, or one that doesn’t read
“experimental”, has never been a criterion for getting a package in
Guix.

There’s now a second patch for qbe:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/55151

I propose to go ahead and apply it, adding anything missing from paren’s
initial patch.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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