From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add freefall. Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:28:10 -0400 Message-ID: <20160317042810.GB8344@jasmine> References: <1458099269-19695-1-git-send-email-tobias.geerinckx.rice@gmail.com> <20160316064747.GA30457@jasmine> <20160316203446.3b746a89@debian-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39999) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agPXo-0005x5-5Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:28:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agPXk-00027p-Uc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:28:20 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:55595) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agPXk-00027i-Ps for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:28:16 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160316203446.3b746a89@debian-netbook> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:46PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:09:06 +0100 > Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > > > On 16/03/2016, Leo Famulari wrote: > > [...] > > > > (Disclaimer of sorts: I wrote that package as well, a long time ago. > > For the same machine I'm hoping to migrate to Guix soon.) > > > > Yes please! Since the main purpose of this package is peace of mind, I > > consider it worth patching. > > > > In my very scientific tests of pretend-dropping my laptop and watching > > the HDD LED, the default seemed needlessly short. I've seen expensive > > things bounce about for much longer... > > > > Should I add a separate .patch file for this, or just do it inline like Nix? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > T G-R > > > > I personally prefer inline as long as it isn't too big/hard. In my > unscientific understanding of it, it allows people who don't use substitutes > to be more self-reliant. I also think it's much more likely to be read later on, which is a positive thing. Plus it's Scheme so you could do more things with the data. > > -- > Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted