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[PATCH] gnu: guile-fibers: Remove version from latest package.

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From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>, 65887 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#65887] [PATCH] gnu: guile-fibers: Remove version from latest package.
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:00:32 +0200

Am Dienstag, dem 12.09.2023 um 07:58 +0100 schrieb Christopher Baines:
> As I think this makes more sense, the version is only specified when
> you need a specific previous release.
> 
> * gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm (guile-fibers): Rename to guile-fibers-
> 1.0.
> (guile-fibers-1.3): Rename to guile-fibers.
> (guile-fibers-1.1): Inherit from guile-fibers.
I think we could follow the scheme we use for GCC or linux-libre where
we use versioned names for everything and then have a version-less name
pointing at a specific "stable" version.  WDYT?

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