Hi Chris! > In the context of writing Guix packages, propagating the necessary > inputs to support other packages finding the library via pkg-config is a > serious thing, not trivial. If it breaks, dependent packages will likely > change in behaviour or stop building entirely.
I understand. I didn't mean trivial as in importance but as in reason. Like most common reason why one propagates an input. :-) > As for the comments, personally, I think the reasons behind propagated > inputs are individual enough and important enough to each package that > it's useful to write them down, even if that comment is "these things > are referenced by the .pc file". That way others looking at the package > definition don't have to wonder or try and dig through the Git history > to find information about what's going on. Agreed. > Anyway, I think the most useful output from this discussion is amending > or adding to the packaging guilelines to cover this: > > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Packaging-Guidelines.html Yes, will be useful. Regards, RG.
