GNU bug report logs - #45783
[PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Rust package nameing.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>

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Report forwarded to guix-patches <at> gnu.org:
bug#45783; Package guix-patches. (Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:35:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to guix-patches <at> gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:35:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Rust package nameing.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:33:49 +0100
* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): Explain versions suffix based on
  packages version and Crate "caret" versioning.
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index d0ab08336a..b76f118369 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -802,10 +802,10 @@ To prevent namespace collisions we prefix all other Rust packages with the
 dashes should remain in place.
 
 In the rust ecosystem it is common for multiple incompatible versions of a
-package to be used at any given time, so all packages should have a versioned
-suffix.  If a package has passed version 1.0.0 then just the major version
-number is sufficient (e.g.@: @code{rust-clap-2}), otherwise the version suffix
-should contain both the major and minor version (e.g.@: @code{rust-rand-0.6}).
+package to be used at any given time, so all package definitions should have a
+versioned suffix.  The versioned suffix is the left-most non-zero digit (and
+any leading zeros, of course).  This follows the ``caret'' version scheme
+intended by Cargo.  Examples@: @code{rust-clap-2}, @code{rust-rand-0.6}.
 
 Because of the difficulty in reusing rust packages as pre-compiled inputs for
 other packages the Cargo build system (@pxref{Build Systems,
-- 
2.21.3





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From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
To: 45783-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45783: Acknowledgement ([PATCH] doc: Update guidance about
 Rust package nameing.)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 22:52:49 +0100
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