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[PATCH RFC] Revert "gnu: glibc: Remove old versions."

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Message #11 received at 60076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, 60076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, contact <at> carldong.me
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Revert "gnu: glibc: Remove old versions."
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:55:47 +0100

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Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skriver:

> This reinstates glibc 2.22 through 2.28, by reverting commit
> ebd1ba713cbefc9ad5dac609255e1344a328e360 ("gnu: glibc: Remove old versions."),
> adding two patches removed in d2bb4847b96e51b71126778bb16daa7674a6690c ("gnu:
> Remove leftover patch files."), and partially reverting
> 1feca4be5296d7f0c0e2269ccb612cadded6573b ("gnu: glibc: Remove versions 2.27
> and 2.28.").
>
> Rationale: Keeping older glibc versions around is useful when experimenting
> with 'package-with-c-toolchain'.

IMO it's better to add these to 'guix-past'[0] instead of keeping them
in the main channel.

[0]: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past

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