Re: Libreoffice source disappeared

2018-05-17 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi Leo! Leo Famulari writes: > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:22:27PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote: >> The LibreOffice version scheme is described here: >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan#Version_scheme >> >> It looks like version 5.4.7.2 is supposed to be the 2nd release >> cand

Re: Display a single "substitute: updating list of substitutes from ..."

2018-05-17 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 17.05.2018 um 08:27 schrieb Pierre Neidhardt: > I don't find it very informative to show this to the user more than once. Same for me. I find it esp. irritating to see info like this: substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0% substitute: updating

Re: Display a single "substitute: updating list of substitutes from ..."

2018-05-17 Thread Chris Marusich
Pierre Neidhardt writes: > Every now and then, guix updates the list of substitutes. While doing > so, it displays a bunch of > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from > 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0% > > Sometimes dozens of them in a row. I don't find it very informati

Re: Display a single "substitute: updating list of substitutes from ..."

2018-05-17 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Chris Marusich writes: > Perhaps what you're seeing might be caused by this: > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22990 I think it is! -- Pierre Neidhardt signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 17.05.2018 03:26, Mark H Weaver wrote: Can you tell me specifically what is wrong with GNU IceCat that makes it unsuitable for you? It has been my primary browser for several years. While that question wasn't addressed to me, my case was similar to what Katherine described, so here's my ta

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Mike, Mike Gerwitz skribis: > IceCat is based on an old ESR; FF has undergone many substantial changes > (and rewrites of parts of the system) since then; it's much more > performant and I've found it to be much more stable over the years. > (I use IceCat at home and FF at work.) > > So wh

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Katherine, Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, > or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there been an > official non-libre channel, this work might not have been duplicated. There will never be an “offici

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Katherine Cox-Buday
Mark H Weaver writes: > Can you tell me specifically what is wrong with GNU IceCat that makes it > unsuitable for you? It has been my primary browser for several years. I don't think aiming to change a user's motivations is a winning game, but I can enumerate why I personally wanted to use Fire

Re: [PATCH] website: Add section section and links to code of conduct

2018-05-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, Tonton skribis: > First this something we would like - to have the > CoC as a section just like we have the section Building from Git > (https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html#Building-from-Git)? > I could also add it as a subsection of contributing, mak

Re: [PATCH] website: Add section section and links to code of conduct

2018-05-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Tonton skribis: > On Wed, 16 May 2018 16:06:07 +0100 > ra...@airmail.cc wrote: > >> For the section about IRC. Please add a bit that explains why you >> shouldn't say "hi guys" when you join IRC. Instead "Hi guix" or "Hi >> #guix" is recommended. >> > > I'm not sure explaining some edge c

Re: Display a single "substitute: updating list of substitutes from ..."

2018-05-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Chris Marusich skribis: > Pierre Neidhardt writes: > >> Every now and then, guix updates the list of substitutes. While doing >> so, it displays a bunch of >> >> substitute: updating list of substitutes from >> 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0% >> >> Sometimes dozens of them in a r

Re: [PATCH] website: Add section section and links to code of conduct

2018-05-17 Thread Tonton
Hi, I might have been a tad too quick, yes. I felt like I had taken so long, but looking at the mails, I see my perspective was a bit skewed. On Thu, 17 May 2018 13:43:17 +0200 l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote: > Hello, > > Tonton skribis: > > > First this something we would like - to have

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Nils Gillmann
Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.1K bytes: > Hello Katherine, > > Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: > > > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, > > or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there been an > > official non-libre channel, this work might not

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Christopher Lemmer Webber
Nils Gillmann writes: > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.1K bytes: >> Hello Katherine, >> >> Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: >> >> > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, >> > or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there been an >> > official non-li

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Nils Gillmann
Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 1.2K bytes: > Nils Gillmann writes: > > > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.1K bytes: > >> Hello Katherine, > >> > >> Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: > >> > >> > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, > >> > or were trying to, packa

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Christopher Lemmer Webber
Nils Gillmann writes: > Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 1.2K bytes: >> Nils Gillmann writes: >> >> > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.1K bytes: >> >> Hello Katherine, >> >> >> >> Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: >> >> >> >> > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already

Re: [PATCH] website: Add section section and links to code of conduct

2018-05-17 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hello, > > Tonton skribis: > >> First this something we would like - to have the >> CoC as a section just like we have the section Building from Git >> (https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Building-from-Git.html#Building-from-Git)? >> I could also add it

Re: GSoC: Adding a web interface similar to the Hydra web interface

2018-05-17 Thread Tatiana Sholokhova
Hello everyone, Thank you for the proposed ways of dealing with the problem I've faced. Eventually, I have managed to run Danny's application locally. I have learned all the queries to Cuirass web API which the application sends and the general workflow of the interface. I have started thinking a

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Pjotr Prins
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:57:22PM -0500, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote: > > Under the conditions (for packaging torbrowser) I talked about with > > Torbrowser-project > > it is okay to ship it fully branded. I will have to get back to them as soon > > as I am past the current bug and got it bui

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Pjotr Prins
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 06:10:28PM +0200, Tonton wrote: > I guess channels already sort of exist. have a git repo or similar with > whatever guix packages in it and point $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH at it. Then all > packages defined in your git repo are suddenly part of your available guix > packages. The

Re: Packaging a free Firefox

2018-05-17 Thread Mike Gerwitz
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 13:34:37 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > I wonder why IceCat is based on an ESR, and what it would take to have > it follow Firefox releases more closely. IWBN if IceCat could be pretty > much like Linux-libre, i.e., a set of scripts that semi-automatically > adjusts the Fi