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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hmmer


From: Ricardo Wurmus
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hmmer
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:23:16 +0200

Pjotr Prins <address@hidden> writes:

> It is quite common in bioinformatics tools to include foreign code.
> One reason in favour of including the original setup that is it is
> THAT what the authors and others test and run. Bringing in our own
> dependencies is bound to open a can of worms - there often is a reason
> they bring in that packaged code. One reason is that they depend on an older
> version ;). 

With Guix we have no problem with packaging older versions.  I have
untangled a number of applications with bundled libraries before.  It is
doable, better for reproducibility, and better for security.

I often submit bug reports upstream when I encounter bundling when
attempting to package software and I encourage others to do the same.

~~ Ricardo




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