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[bug#66359] [PATCH] gnu: curl: Update to 8.3.0.
From: |
Liliana Marie Prikler |
Subject: |
[bug#66359] [PATCH] gnu: curl: Update to 8.3.0. |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:55:14 +0200 |
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Evolution 3.46.4 |
Am Freitag, dem 06.10.2023 um 11:09 +0200 schrieb Simon Tournier:
> Hi Liliana,
>
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 10:54, Liliana Marie Prikler
> <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Naive question, why %version and not version?
> >
> > Because version gets shadowed by (package …). I could reorder the
> > fields in a non-standard way, but that'd be even less readable,
> > therefore the extra variable.
>
> Ah, I see. Thanks for explaining.
>
> Well, %something is usually for "global" parameters. At least, that
> the convention with Guix. Therefore, I would suggest to not use it
> in order to avoid confusion.
As far as I understand %something means "implementation detail" and
*something* means global, important something, but I might be mistaken
about that.
> Why not "this-version"?
Ain't nobody got time to type that.