Re: [Patch] address@hidden

[Ben Woodcroft]

On 06/06/16 07:54, Matthew Jordan wrote:
> > In general, Guix handles this just fine. But somebody has to maintain
> > all those versions ;) We often suggest that if one user needs some old
> > version of a package, they maintain the package privately. For example,
> > using $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH.
> Ah okay, that makes sense. Does this also also apply to compilers and
> runtime environments? As I have two pachtes for the current versions of
> node (JavaScript runtime), one is the reccomended version and the other
> represents the latest stable version.

There are some examples of multiple versions being included in Guix e.g. 
Ruby itself, GCC, etc, and we do tend to more commonly keep multiple 
versions of compilers and runtime environments.

> Although I have not submitted them yet.

Good luck. there are others working on node you may be able to 
coordinate with.

Thanks,
ben