Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add libmspack.

[Eric Bavier]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 02:34:18 +0100
address@hidden (Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer) wrote:

> David Thompson <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> +(define-public libmspack
> >> +  (package
> >> +    (name "libmspack")
> >> +    (version "0.5")
> >> +    (source
> >> +     (origin
> >> +      (method url-fetch)
> >> +      (uri (string-append
> >> "http://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/libmspack-";
> >> +                          version "alpha.tar.gz"))
> >
> > Perhaps "alpha" should be part of the version?
> 
> I'm not sure, but I doubt there will be a "0.5beta" or so?  What do
> others think?

I also think it should be part of the version.  They may release a
non-alpha 0.5 version, and having it in the version makes the alpha
quality more apparent to a user browsing 'guix package -A'.

`~Eric