From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Subject: Re: Adding a %desktop-packages Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 00:03:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20200404000352.7e6a671e@kompiuter> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48606) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jKUQ1-0000tb-TA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:04:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jKUQ0-0005xb-Np for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:04:05 -0400 Received: from smtpo.poczta.interia.pl ([217.74.65.155]:43368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jKUPz-0005lU-N8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:04:04 -0400 Received: from kompiuter (89-64-53-111.dynamic.chello.pl [89.64.53.111]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by poczta.interia.pl (INTERIA.PL) with ESMTPSA for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 00:03:59 +0200 (CEST) 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org >This is slightly unrelated, but your email reminded me. > >How about we add a %desktop-packages variable? I remember reading a >bug >report about possibly ungoogled-chromium or some package not working >properly, because the user did not install a font. Perhaps if people >are using a %desktop, there should be some %desktop-packages that most >users will want installed by default. Packages would include a web >browser, one system font, etc. > >-- >Joshua Branson Sent from Emacs and Gnus > >P.S. I am subscribed to Guix-devel, please just respond via To: >address@hidden. Thanks Sounds good for me. As a new user I found it annoying Icecat doesn't work by default. IMO dejavu font should be an input of icecat or should be shipped with the new %desktop-packages variable. Guix packages should just work out of the box without the need for user to have any technical knowledge, by doing so it can gain wider audience and popularity. Jan Wielkiewicz