[bug#27596] [PATCH] guix: lint: Add checker for new upstream versions.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ping!  :-)

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> Hi Efraim,
>
> Sorry for the delay.
>
> Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> From 136841864c883338381764ef09a6f4ec967949e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Efraim Flashner <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 09:13:31 +0300
>> Subject: [PATCH] guix: lint: Add checker for new upstream versions.
>>
>> * guix/scripts/lint.scm (check-for-updates): New procedure.
>> (%checkers): Add it.
>> * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (importer-modules, %updaters): Move
>> from here ...
>> * guix/upstream.scm: ... to here.
>
> [...]
>
>> +(define (check-for-updates package)
>> +  "Check if there is an update available for PACKAGE."
>> +  (match (package-latest-release package (force %updaters))
>> +    ((? upstream-source? source)
>> +     (when (version>? (upstream-source-version source)
>> +                      (package-version package))
>> +       (emit-warning package
>> +                     (format #f (G_ "can be upgraded to ~a~%")
>> +                             (upstream-source-version source)))))))
>
> I think you can (1) use ‘package-latest-release*’ which ensures that the
> returned version is newer, and (2) add a case for #f since
> ‘package-latest-release*’ can return #f.
>
> Apart from that it LGTM, thank you!
>
> Ludo’.