2018-07-09 23:33 GMT+02:00 Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu>: > In May, when we were discussing the limitations of 32 bit MinGW, I asked Jan > for an estimate of how much work it would be to add a 64-bt MinGW to GUB. > > His answer was that GUB is a hack, and that he wasn't interested in putting > any more effort into fixing up GUB, although he would certainly provide me > advice if I asked for it. > > His recommendation was to move to Guix[1], which is an existing and > supporting package for maintaining appropriate package versions for a > particular user. He said he would be willing to help with that, as it's > making things better, not just spending more effort on a hack. > > Are there any opinions on whether we should pursue a move to Guix? > > Thanks, > > Carl > > 1. > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Package-Management.html
From a mail by Ludovic Courtès via the guile-user-list: "The plan is for Guix to require Guile >= 2.2 sometime soon though," http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-user/2018-07/msg00043.html So ... Cheers, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
