gnome-characters

gnome-characters

[Raghav Gururajan]

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Hello Guix!

So I was able to successfully package 'gnome-characters'. The following
is the package definition. I have attacted the package definition
(gnome-characters.scm) with this email.

This is the first time for me with packaging. Can anyone help me how to
move forward from here, to integrate this with guix upstream?

Thank you!

Regards,
RG.

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(use-modules
	(guix packages)
	(guix download)
	(guix build-system meson)
	(guix licenses)
	(gnu packages libunistring)
	(gnu packages pkg-config)
	(gnu packages gnome)
	(gnu packages gtk)
	(gnu packages gettext)
	(gnu packages glib))

(package
	(name "gnome-characters")
	(version "3.30.0")
	(source
		(origin
			(method url-fetch)
			(uri
				(string-append "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-characters/3.30/gnome-characters-3.30.0.tar.xz"))
			(sha256
				(base32 "08cwz39iwgsyyb2wqhb8vfbmh1cwfkgfiy7adp08w7rwqi99x3dp"))))

	(build-system meson-build-system)

	(inputs
		`(
			("libunistring", libunistring)
			("pkg-config", pkg-config)
			("gjs", gjs)
			("gtk+", gtk+)
			("gettext", gettext-minimal)
			("glib:bin", glib "bin")
			("gtk+:bin", gtk+ "bin")))

	(synopsis "GNOME Characters")

	(description "Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters. It allows you to quickly find the character you are looking for by searching for keywords.")

	(home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Characters")

	(license gpl2))

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Re: gnome-characters

[sirgazil]

---- On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:50:12 -0500 Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan@disroot.org> wrote ----

 > Hello Guix! 
 >  
 > So I was able to successfully package 'gnome-characters'. The following 
 > is the package definition. I have attacted the package definition 
 > (gnome-characters.scm) with this email. 
 >  
 > This is the first time for me with packaging. Can anyone help me how to 
 > move forward from here, to integrate this with guix upstream? 

Maybe it could help to read the Contributing section in GNU Guix Reference Manual (https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Contributing.html#Contributing). You will find packaging guidelines and information about submitting patches to add your package. I haven't submitted any package myself yet, but I would start there, and ask here in case of doubts.

Some things I noticed in your package definition:

• Indentation probably does not follow the coding style of Guix.
• Is the value for "home-page" correct? Maybe it should be https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap instead?
• In origin's uri there seems to be an unnecessary use of "string-append", as you are only passing one string (not appending two or more).



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