Hi Ricardo,
On Thu Feb 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM CET, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Even though you may feel pressured to write a verbose version of this package > variant after reading the messages here, I think it's a perfectly situation > for inheritance. There is nothing wrong with use of inheritance for closely > related package variants, such as python-3.12 and python-3.13. Only one of > these versions will eventually remain, so one replaces the other in the long > run. I would not say "pressured", but I was a bit "disappointed" for I thought it was the perfect use case for package inheritance. > If you want I can take a closer look at why your particular approach wasn't > working. Thanks for the offer! But: - there’s no rush in having those packages in `master`; - I still have to read some code to try to figure it out by myself; and - it looks like the perfect practical exercise to work on during the next Guix@Paris! 😎 I’ll keep you posted! Regards, -- Tanguy
