Updating udisks: New dependencies (libblockdev, volume-key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl...)

Updating udisks: New dependencies (libblockdev, volume-key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl...)

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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I'm working on updating udisks from the "old legacy" version (which is
currently packaged in Guix) to version 2.7.6.

	https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks

It turns out to be much harder than expected!  Recent versions of udisks
depend on libblockdev, which in turn depends on the 
volume_key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl and possibly more, all of which
are not packaged in Guix yet.

What do you think?  Is it worth it?  Any alternative to udisks?

Otherwise I'll go ahead and send a big fat patch set.

--
Pierre Neidhardt

Poorochrondria:
	Hypochrondria derived from not having medical insurance.
		-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
		   Culture"

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Re: Updating udisks: New dependencies (libblockdev, volume-key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl...)

[Nils Gillmann]

Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 1.3K bytes:
> 
> I'm working on updating udisks from the "old legacy" version (which is
> currently packaged in Guix) to version 2.7.6.
> 
> 	https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks
> 
> It turns out to be much harder than expected!  Recent versions of udisks
> depend on libblockdev, which in turn depends on the 
> volume_key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl and possibly more, all of which
> are not packaged in Guix yet.
> 
> What do you think?  Is it worth it?  Any alternative to udisks?

Possibly there are alternatives, but it is required by some parts in
Guix. So,

> Otherwise I'll go ahead and send a big fat patch set.

as Invader Zim would say: "More patches means more Guix!" (go for it :)).

Re: Updating udisks: New dependencies (libblockdev, volume-key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl...)

[Ludovic Courtès]

Howdy!

Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is> skribis:

> Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 1.3K bytes:
>> 
>> I'm working on updating udisks from the "old legacy" version (which is
>> currently packaged in Guix) to version 2.7.6.
>> 
>> 	https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks
>> 
>> It turns out to be much harder than expected!  Recent versions of udisks
>> depend on libblockdev, which in turn depends on the 
>> volume_key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl and possibly more, all of which
>> are not packaged in Guix yet.
>> 
>> What do you think?  Is it worth it?  Any alternative to udisks?
>
> Possibly there are alternatives, but it is required by some parts in
> Guix. So,
>
>> Otherwise I'll go ahead and send a big fat patch set.
>
> as Invader Zim would say: "More patches means more Guix!" (go for it :)).

Agreed.  :-)

I guess we can’t really avoid udisks and it does the job well anyway, so
let’s go for the big patch set!  Maybe in 2020 we’ll have a bunch of
Scheme modules doing that job?  :-)

BTW, regarding patch sets, please make sure to send the first message to
guix-patches@gnu.org (the cover letter), and then to send the other
patches of that series to NNN@debbugs.gnu.org, where NNN is the number
assigned as a result of sending your first message.

TIA!
Ludo’.

Re: Updating udisks: New dependencies (libblockdev, volume-key, dmraid, libbytesize, ndctl...)

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> BTW, regarding patch sets, please make sure to send the first message to
> guix-patches@gnu.org (the cover letter), and then to send the other
> patches of that series to NNN@debbugs.gnu.org, where NNN is the number
> assigned as a result of sending your first message.

Ack.

Big fat patch set coming soon.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt

The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

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