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@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ such as @command{guix package --show} take care of rendering it
appropriately.
Synopses and descriptions are translated by volunteers
-@uref{https://translationproject.org/domain/guix-packages.html, at the
-Translation Project} so that as many users as possible can read them in
+@uref{https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/guix/packages, at
+Weblate} so that as many users as possible can read them in
their native language. User interfaces search them and display them in
the language specified by the current locale.
@@ -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,