From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] gnu: add python-maxminddb and python2-maxminddb Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:19 +0200 Message-ID: <57154B5B.2070700@crazy-compilers.com> References: <1460926257-25147-1-git-send-email-h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> <1460926257-25147-6-git-send-email-h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> <20160418201448.GB26231@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39338) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1asGJP-0005gg-T4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:02:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1asGJK-0001w5-U6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:02:27 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:55747) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1asGJK-0001vy-OI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:02:22 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qpgZP5NMkz3hj9M for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qpgZP4RwXzvh2Y for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vFlKqojiMrWk for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-188-174-151-28.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.151.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thisbe.goebel-consult.de (hermia.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.7]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEDA6010E for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:19 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20160418201448.GB26231@jasmine> 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" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Am 18.04.2016 um 22:14 schrieb Leo Famulari: > Should the maxminddb be packaged so that we can run the tests? When installing the package, this database in not installed. The installation instructions of that package does not a hint on it. I assume this database being quite large (several GB), since it contains geo-information. I would not require everybody rebuilding this package to download that much data. > > Can you explain to the reader what the purpose of the MaxMind DB is? Sorry, I can't. it is used by geoip2 and this is the reason for including it. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |