From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Mar 20 10:21:26 2020 Received: (at 40143) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Mar 2020 14:21:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45336 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jFIWb-0007jM-Os for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:21:25 -0400 Received: from mail-qv1-f66.google.com ([209.85.219.66]:40967) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jFIWZ-0007j9-MK for 40143@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:21:24 -0400 Received: by mail-qv1-f66.google.com with SMTP id o7so537953qvq.8 for <40143@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:21:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=YdwdJVFgrhF8TJMMK/sjkoSsPjE2/RjfxH43j3BOHZE=; b=lsZQRABgpRlMIl2dLHo0Xmy2l0HeGVOXJBxnJA5aR6lDrZVv/WmuOj8BS34xgr0ICk N08G7UjM2d2Vb7D0wHRbB+bDSPNKr/cos3ue/A098mXzL8F7cnoawT3O6nAi1ukzR1RI 03uAiPt24tgfkVf5Re3jvfw61svibAs70azgxsFlOaKeS2rqa2lwNa5fGAD43ZC1e6tm m42slQVfkQXo1aBipoenS4bEF2PLZNdZN+lcXDsSEPBMWDGIsH+YsPjRdRnhOE85d34c /BUDm2xUopflHU5D3sbmZC1AzcmPTgt4EgHx5y06/AfA1lHby3Yb/e4zXiA3Y0vAuVNm wpzg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=YdwdJVFgrhF8TJMMK/sjkoSsPjE2/RjfxH43j3BOHZE=; b=Ag1z71vlDBcsrLZZTSiHsPsuVwIUsQCu//6MeOX+9sF+6Zc9KxesCm6n166TIbUPIn fMDVplMKJjJ6hdWQJCBV1gxPwnp/73hePSjQjjOQUFA18tB32n9mT4O1MC8xneunDb7k unhQMmZvlH0aDM9gEH4zy1Iyb2jqYLmqhShUpW9aa7ykztTqtjxzgf3vE+FY+ZkPsgH4 R2ye+GUetbk6BPtomzR59f2dGq4iyZPdZG3hfCdqix9PTi6hnX6+7oTmj6yLKhC/KfUz WzNonK7GwGmZySEPwdnJy/z5xuhsjz5J/vdeg2kstZ3P4XhV8GxYD38bhtDf5zSb/WJW o2Qw== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ0G+EHSoJUt8ntvgFBBax2GVdQoMCyubLcnTDUIVum+iOW3YI2X NaIX+3HMvLHIMqf2eFfaP40TsdvbkE8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vupFP8lZvDedW1pQJW5iY/6/t2aQvgr7j7tdHHOat4CJVDwI52qpCKdouqntAlcYIOTB9IxiQ== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:f788:: with SMTP id s8mr8478549qvn.236.1584714075733; Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:21:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raisin ([2607:fad8:4:6:235e:8579:8464:aacc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 31sm4655631qta.56.2020.03.20.07.21.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:21:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Danny Milosavljevic Subject: Re: [bug#40143] [PATCH] gnu: git: Return #t in install-man-pages phase. References: <20200320092005.22388-1-brice@waegenei.re> <20200320105406.42ba348b@scratchpost.org> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:21:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200320105406.42ba348b@scratchpost.org> (Danny Milosavljevic's message of "Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:54:06 +0100") Message-ID: <87blor3y5h.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40143 Cc: Brice Waegeneire , 40143@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Danny Milosavljevic writes: > invoke already returns #t, so there's no technical bug. > > That said, maybe for clarity? Not sure... I don't see any technical nor clarity issue here. The vision laid out by Mark more than two years ago (!) was to get rid of all the boolean return codes and move to an exception based system entirely, which I find much more elegant. The transition plan was outlined in this message: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-12/msg00278.html. I think we should go back to work on finishing the missing bits :-). Maxim