On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:33:26PM +0000, ng0 wrote: > Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> writes: > > Is this package required by something else that we are working on? What > > is the use case? > > (gnunet-gtk): > > (arguments > `(#:configure-flags > (list "--without-libunique"
Okay, then I think we should add the package with a comment that says it's unmaintained. What do you think of the attached patch?
>From fa8fbd899756cf948da23e9a29d92a5f48d4eb1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:18:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add libunique. * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (libunique): New variable. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> --- gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm index 4a0be01..b094c30 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm @@ -5420,3 +5420,43 @@ GLib/GObject code.") "Libgnomekbd is a keyboard configuration library for the GNOME desktop environment, which can notably display keyboard layouts.") (license license:lgpl2.0+))) + +;;; This package is no longer maintained: +;;; https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/LibUnique +;;; "Unique is now in maintenance mode, and its usage is strongly discouraged. +;;; Applications should use the GtkApplication class provided by GTK+ 3.0." +(define-public libunique + (package + (name "libunique") + (version "3.0.2") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/" + (version-major+minor version) "/" + name "-" version ".tar.xz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0f70lkw66v9cj72q0iw1s2546r6bwwcd8idcm3621fg2fgh2rw58")))) + (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system) + (arguments + `(#:configure-flags '("--disable-static" + "--disable-dbus" ; use gdbus + "--enable-introspection"))) + (native-inputs + `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config) + ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection) + ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin") + ("gtk-doc" ,gtk-doc))) + (propagated-inputs + ;; Referred to in .h files and .pc. + `(("gtk+" ,gtk+))) + (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/LibUnique") + (synopsis "Library for writing single instance applications") + (description + "Libunique is a library for writing single instance applications. If you +launch a single instance application twice, the second instance will either just +quit or will send a message to the running instance. Libunique makes it easy to +write this kind of application, by providing a base class, taking care of all +the IPC machinery needed to send messages to a running instance, and also +handling the startup notification side.") + (license license:lgpl2.1+))) -- 2.9.3