Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

2015-07-30 Thread Mark H Weaver
Mark H Weaver writes: > Do other people think that such programs belong in Guix? Okay, it seems that the general feeling is that we should accept these programs, so I'll go along with that. I guess I should apologize for making you feel unwelcome. My social skills leave much to be desired. Any

Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

2015-07-30 Thread Cyril Roelandt
On 07/30/2015 09:04 AM, Pjotr Prins wrote: > How about creating a policy that people can refer to? Well, I'm not sure we want to add any bureaucracy :) Apart from that, I completely agree with your post, there is no reason to reject xscreenshot (yet). Cyril.

[PATCH] gnu: Add graphios.

2015-07-30 Thread David Thompson
Here's a little Nagios-related package. Maybe some day we'll actually have Nagios proper. >From 49c6fcbf3ccd6c24f4cf4a4ec73e26df3986f01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Thompson Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:49:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add graphios. * gnu/packages/python.scm (graphios):

Packaging vs. Maintaining (was: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile)

2015-07-30 Thread Jeff Mickey
* Mark H Weaver [2015-07-29 19:58]: > Do other people think that such programs belong in Guix? I've only gotten 1 package into guix so far, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt. I liked the Arch model[0] when I was a dev: core, extra, community + AUR.[1] The AUR I would credit with a vast am

Re: Problems with grub2

2015-07-30 Thread Alex Kost
Fabian Boucsein (2015-07-30 09:33 +0300) wrote: > Hi Alex, > > thanks for yiur answer. The error i get when guix is trying to > install grub2 is about too many disk label. With devices in mind > there are three ways to configure grub2. Devices, label and uuids. > Looking > at my configuration i am

Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

2015-07-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Mark H Weaver writes: > Do other people think that such programs belong in Guix? IMO if it's free software, builds correctly, and doesn't fail at the execution, It's OK to have them in Guix because even if it's not maintained or seems useless. Maybe when Guix will achieve the beta stage and/or

Build passing status icon

2015-07-30 Thread Pjotr Prins
Would it be possible to get a status icon straight from the build farm, such as Travis CI provides, for Guix builds? That would mean we could add it to a package README, e.g. https://github.com/pjotrp/bioruby-vcf/blob/master/README.md The embedded markdown code snippet looks like [![Build S

Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

2015-07-30 Thread Pjotr Prins
How about creating a policy that people can refer to? One of the great things about Guix is that is is accessible and hackable, unlike most other packaging systems. Guix encourages contributions and I think it is great that someone comes out of nowhere and submits a package in the Guix way. If th