[bug#55045] [PATCH] update neovim to 0.7.0

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Luis Henrique Gomes Higino <luishenriquegh2701@gmail.com> skribis:

> I think you're right, but I'm somewhat unsure about updating libuv, as
> it would cause 13346 packages to be rebuilt 😟. According to the Guix
> manual, this would result in this patch having to be applied in the
> core-updates branch, which could delay neovim's update significantly.

What you can do is introduce a libuv variant for the version that neovim
needs, as long the lines of the first example at:

  https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Defining-Package-Variants.html

HTH!

Ludo’.