Hi, Maxime Devos <maximede...@telenet.be> skribis:
> 'version' does denote a file format version. Calling it an API version > is somewhat inaccurate, because it is not a application _programming_ > interface -- you can't write Scheme code in .guix-authorizations, > only S-exps that match the file format. > > While it is the version of the file format, it is not the version of > the file, which I believe is were the confusion came from? > > Also, changing 'version' to 'api-version' would probably prevent old > versions of Guix (that only recognise 'version') from pulling new > versions of Guix (that would have an 'api-version' in their > .guix-authorizations) (untested). I agree with everything you wrote. Christopher, with this in mind, do you think we need a sentence or two in the manual to clarify what the ‘version’ field is about? Thanks, Ludo’.
