Re: Building AbiWord without libwmf and removing libwmf from Guix

2017-06-24 Thread ng0
Ricardo Wurmus transcribed 1.4K bytes: > > Mark H Weaver writes: > > > Leo Famulari writes: > > > >> The last update to libwmf was twelve years ago, in 2005. In the > >> meantime, a large number of security issues have been discovered in this > >> library. These bugs are fixed somewhat haphazar

Re: Building AbiWord without libwmf and removing libwmf from Guix

2017-06-24 Thread ng0
Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.9K bytes: > Leo Famulari skribis: > > > On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 03:06:35PM +0200, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > >> Am 27.05.2017 um 23:13 schrieb Ricardo Wurmus: > >> > I think it would be better to remove libwmf. > >> +1 > > > > Something to consider is that many of our p

Re: Building AbiWord without libwmf and removing libwmf from Guix

2017-06-24 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 08:02:08AM +, ng0 wrote: > Libreoffice is able to do that aswell. It doesn't use libwmf, right? It looks like libreoffice has its own implementation for handling WMF files. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Subdirectories in GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH

2017-06-24 Thread Alex Kost
Christopher Baines (2017-06-23 21:20 +0100) wrote: > Hey, > > Recently I had problems with the way GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH was working with > govuk-guix [1]. Currently, I'm using a separate directory for the > GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH that contains symlinks to a subset of the Guile > modules necessary for the

Re: Haskell updates?

2017-06-24 Thread Federico Beffa
Mekeor Melire writes: > Ricardo Wurmus writes: > >> is anyone working on Haskell updates? Looks like we have some catching >> up to do. > > I'm not working on it, but I'm willing to join. How do we want to > proceed? What's the plan? What's the strategy? > > We have a stackage-importer now, rig

Re: Building AbiWord without libwmf and removing libwmf from Guix

2017-06-24 Thread Mark H Weaver
Leo Famulari writes: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 08:02:08AM +, ng0 wrote: >> Libreoffice is able to do that aswell. It doesn't use libwmf, right? > > It looks like libreoffice has its own implementation for handling WMF > files. I'm okay with removing libwmf from Guix. Mark

Re: Building AbiWord without libwmf and removing libwmf from Guix

2017-06-24 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 06:52:54PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Leo Famulari writes: > > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 08:02:08AM +, ng0 wrote: > >> Libreoffice is able to do that aswell. It doesn't use libwmf, right? > > > > It looks like libreoffice has its own implementation for handling WMF

Re: Xorg tearing fix on Intel HD Graphics 4000

2017-06-24 Thread Chris Marusich
Roel Janssen writes: > Ricardo Wurmus writes: > >> Hi Roel, >> >>> With the following patch to the Xorg configuration file, I have a >>> tear-free GuixSD experience. I wonder if this is upstreameable in some >>> way. This patch is probably too broad in effect. Can I change it so >>> that only

Re: Xorg tearing fix on Intel HD Graphics 4000

2017-06-24 Thread Chris Marusich
Mark H Weaver writes: > However, your proposed workaround is not a proper fix, and I don't think > we should apply it system-wide in Guix. Can you elaborate on why it is not a proper fix? It isn't obvious to me. -- Chris signature.asc Description: PGP signature