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[bug#60042] What to call pinned package versions


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: [bug#60042] What to call pinned package versions
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 23:55:47 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux)

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> Here, the suffix /fixed is confusing because it is used for the both
> cases:
>
>  1) You use fixed to describe something which stays the same and does not
>     or cannot vary.
>  2) If you fix a problem or a bad situation, you deal with it and make it
>     satisfactory.

I know, English…  :-)

The first instance of this pattern was ‘guile/fixed’, probably 10 years
ago, so I guess it takes precedence.

But maybe we could agree on ‘/pinned’ instead and adjust code
accordingly?

Ludo’.





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