Re: We need your feedback of the documentation videos!

2019-10-16 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 03:55:16PM -0300, Laura Lazzati wrote: > Hi Guix! > > I've uploaded a new version of the video for asking for help. Here is the > link to it: https://archive.org/details/guix-videos/03-help-new-version.webm > > I guess I took into account all the suggestions from Ricardo a

Re: fftwf tests running for 25+ hours - is this normal?

2019-10-16 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi Bengt, Matteo, and others, I've stopped the build. The process ran for 73 hours and didn't complete. I've also noticed that there are no recent builds in Cuirass, so I wonder: has anyone built fftwf successfully recently? I was trying to build fftwf based off of what is currently in the core

Re: Maintainer (no longer) needed for Linux-libre and IceCat packages

2019-10-16 Thread Mike Gerwitz
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 03:06:23 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Thank you Ludovic, and thanks to all for the kind words. In light of > recent events at the FSF, I've had a change of heart and have decided to > return to the Guix project. Although I welcome more help with these > packages, I will r

Re: (Really) Free Software future

2019-10-16 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
systemd binaries are dependent on systemd and replaces programs that did not have such dependencies. It is creating similar situation as vendor lock-in is creating. That is the case with any system, things depend on things -- what is important is not to depend on non-free software.

Re: encfs build fails: stdlib.h: No such file or directory

2019-10-16 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Sorry for the noise, I meant to send this to bug-g...@gnu.org. -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

encfs build fails: stdlib.h: No such file or directory

2019-10-16 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Since the move to gcc 7, encfs cannot be built: --8<---cut here---start->8--- In file included from /tmp/guix-build-encfs-1.9.5.drv-0/encfs-1.9.5/vendor/github.com/muflihun/easyloggingpp/src/easylogging++.h:340:0, from /tmp/guix-build-encfs-1.

Re: i686-linux GCC package on x86_64

2019-10-16 Thread Alex Kost
Mathieu Othacehe (2019-10-14 16:54 +0200) wrote: > Hey Pierre, > >> --8<---cut here---start->8--- >> (define-public cross-gcc >> (package >> (inherit ((@@ (gnu packages cross-base) cross-gcc) >> "i686-unknown-linux-gnu" >> #:lib

Re: Question about sbcl-package->ecl-package

2019-10-16 Thread Guillaume Le Vaillant
Efraim Flashner skribis: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 01:59:01PM +0200, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: >> I've encountered the same problem a couple of times. >> If you try to compile ecl-dexador, you'll see it fails because it does >> not re-use the arguments of sbcl-dexador which patches out a failing >

Re: [External] Re: New outreachy participant introduction

2019-10-16 Thread Asfaw, Nardos
Hi Gabor, Thanks for reaching out. I am still hanging. I am learning a lot on what it means to be a developer outside of university courses. I am going through the documentation (and examples provided in the email by simon) and the chat logs to sees if my questions have been asked before I com

Re: Question about sbcl-package->ecl-package

2019-10-16 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 01:59:01PM +0200, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > I've encountered the same problem a couple of times. > If you try to compile ecl-dexador, you'll see it fails because it does > not re-use the arguments of sbcl-dexador which patches out a failing > test. > > Something is wrong in

Re: Question about sbcl-package->ecl-package

2019-10-16 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
I've encountered the same problem a couple of times. If you try to compile ecl-dexador, you'll see it fails because it does not re-use the arguments of sbcl-dexador which patches out a failing test. Something is wrong in sbcl-package->ecl-package. Andy? That said, it's not a very big deal, since

Question about sbcl-package->ecl-package

2019-10-16 Thread Guillaume Le Vaillant
Hi, I'm trying to package a Common Lisp library and I have a strange problem. In 'gnu/packages/lisp.scm', there are packages called 'sbcl-chanl' and 'ecl-chanl' whose definitions are: --8<---cut here---start->8--- (define-public sbcl-chanl (let ((commit "236

Re: Maintainer (no longer) needed for Linux-libre and IceCat packages

2019-10-16 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver writes: > Hi Ludovic, > > Ludovic Courtès writes: >> Thanks for your message. As discussed privately, I’m sad to see you go, >> and as co-maintainer I can only say you’re welcome back anytime you want. > > Thank you Ludovic, and thanks to all for the kind words. In ligh

Re: [External] Re: New outreachy participant introduction

2019-10-16 Thread Gábor Boskovits
Hello Nardos, We have not heard from you for a while. Should you need any help, please feel free to reach out to us. Asfaw, Nardos ezt írta (időpont: 2019. okt. 13., Vas 2:41): > Thank you Zimon. > > This has been very helpful. > > From: zimoun > Sent:

Re: Maintainer (no longer) needed for Linux-libre and IceCat packages

2019-10-16 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Courtès writes: > Thanks for your message. As discussed privately, I’m sad to see you go, > and as co-maintainer I can only say you’re welcome back anytime you want. Thank you Ludovic, and thanks to all for the kind words. In light of recent events at the FSF, I've had a ch