Hi Andy! > That led me to look and I think there are a number of other > regressions: > > * pinentry-gnome3 is no longer included; this breaks use of GPG and > GNOME > > * font-cantarell and font-dejavu are no longer included; probably > not > a good idea? > > * xdg-user-dirs is no longer included, which means that fresh > installs > likely no longer create the ~/Documents directories as they > should; > see c20cd0d24d9b5e8a47b864db9799e0992ffd44b9 > > * I suspect that the removal of gnome-themes-standard and > hicolor-icon-theme may also pose some problems but am not sure. > > * Likewise Guix users of the GNOME desktop service will probably > want > pulseaudio and zenity. > > Now, I understand wanting the "GNOME" package to reflect exactly what > upstream says is part of GNOME. Great. But the desktop is a > separate > thing. Perhaps what we did before was an error in conflating the > gnome > meta-package with the desktop; should we define a different > metapackage > or package list for the GNOME desktop service?
Thanks for your email. Yes, I removed those packages from 'gnome' meta-package as it did not reflect the upstream. I did it to avoid confusion on what to expect when any user sees a meta-package named just 'gnome'. But you are right, there is no one size that fits all. I am already working on to create two different meta-packages 'gnome' and 'gnome-minimal'. Also, packages like fonts and pin-entry can always be installed as system package. Some packages like gnome-default-applications and gnome-themes-standard are depracted by gnome project. Their contents were moved to other gnome core packages. I am still working on clearing all the hickups on gnome experience in guix. I will look into whether dedicated meta-package is required for desktop service. Regards, RG
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