Am Mittwoch, dem 04.12.2024 um 09:03 +0100 schrieb Jelle Licht: > Hi guix, > > I've just sent out the v2 series to bump Node.js and friends: > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74187 > > In this proposed series of patches, the version of Node.js > (node@10.24.1) we use to bootstrap node-llhttp-bootstrap becomes a > hidden package. As per my reading of the policy w.r.t. 'removing' > public packages, consider this message the start of the 1 month > notice period to speak up and mitigate potential breakage [0]. > > AFAICS I took care of fixing everything within guix proper, but > things can break in branches other than master, and in external > channels. Please reply with any concerns, and cc > 74...@debbugs.gnu.org for good measure. > > Some soft landing options: > 1. Define a deprecated-package that aliases the 'node' variable to > 'node-lts'. I'd prefer not doing this, as in the medium term it would > be nice to have a proper 'node' package that actually tracks the > latest releases. > > 2. Add an entry in news.scm. I think defining a non-deprecated alias with node → node-lts is in the spirit of Guix and what we do for other things like GCC, LLVM, etc. That being said, do we have a node that is fresher than node-lts? If not, we might in future just rename node-lts to node :)
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