Re: [PATCH] Add cufflinks.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:10:08PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> > +(define boost-1.55
>> > +  (package (inherit boost)
>> I would keep it next to ‘boost’.
>
> If it is just a temporary work-around that will disappear at the next release,
> it might make sense to keep it as a private variable next to its use.

Yes, that’s what I thought.  I didn’t want to expose a public
“boost-1.55” package only because a package in bioinformatics.scm needs
that particular version.

> Actually, boost-1.59.0 has been released on August 13. So the easiest
> approach might be to wait for the core-updates merge, then update boost,
> then add the new package.

Oh, I didn’t know.  That would be okay as well, I guess.

~~ Ricardo