Hi, On Tue, 28 Sept 2021 at 16:32, Jason Self <js...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Granted that old/gen7 is not currently a valid URL but we can know > that, 5 or 10 years from now, when Linux-libre has moved on to the 8th, > 9th or even 10th generation, the 7th generation scripts will exist > there. If Guix can begin checking those additional locations now then, > in the future once the current Guix version becomes an old version, > hopefully it can transparently handle that transition without issue. Or > just use git. :)
I am not familiar with the Linux Libre scripts. Are these scripts already under a Git repo? The method you are proposing seems awkward; as you say, old/gen7 is not currently a valid URL. And you are proposing that you set in stone now this URL expecting that maybe it will be valid in the future. Ah future cannot be predicted. ;-) Who knows that this old/ folder will not be renamed as 'not-fully-free' or whatever. Working with URL limits the time-travel because it is a really poor mechanism (and not robust at all) for content-address something, IMHO. Well, maybe I miss a point or something. Cheers, simon
