On 7/2/25 1:40 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
Hello,
Ekaitz Zarraga <eka...@elenq.tech> writes:
So yeah, spacecadet, if you really want to continue to package it, we
would add it to Guix, I don't think there's any policy in Guix against
it (unless their documentation or so is also part of the package and
includes political messages that promote any kind of
discrimination).
This is entirely correct. However, as a project, we have a code of
conduct and generally work to be inclusive, which is apparently the
exact opposite of what this people are doing.
I think we can’t ignore it or we’d be sending the wrong signal.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
thanks Ekaitz and Ludo, I knew there was controversy around this package before
I even started working on this, but I was hoping it would just not appear if I
ignored it, stupid idea.
would a "the views of the package maintainers don't reflect the views of the
project" disclaimer be necessary? I don't like how much free (as in freedom)
software projects care about optics these days, or how some projects use social pressure
to strongarm political agendas. the xlibre developers seem to be working in opposition to
that, so even if I don't agree with any specific opinions of any particular parties
involved, I like that.
anyways, the software. nixpkgs ships overlays (would be nice, eh?), so using
them as an example it seems reasonable to ship something similar in guix, but
there aren't any existing cases yet. the only uses of package-input-rewriting
in the repo are for compatibility with old software. I did my best to wrap it
all up, but at the end of the day it still feels like a bit of a bodge.
unless the day comes and everyone says let's replace xorg with xlibre, just
thought it was an important note to bring up.
