Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add gmime

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> Andreas Enge <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:09:16PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>>> This adds gmime, another step toward notmuch (mail).
>>> +  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
>>
>> Is this module needed in the sense that the solution is preferable to what
>> is done, for instance, to determine the file name of qt?
>
> The code in the qt recipe removes everything after (and including) the
> last period.  I think that's not as robust, because it fails to properly
> handle a version number with more (or less) than 3 components.
>
> srfi-1 is very widely used.  It is certainly already loaded already, so
> importing it is a cheap operation.
>
> What do you think?

Fine with me.

Thanks!

Ludo’.