From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: Website page to track packaging progress Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:05:16 +0100 Message-ID: <871rprcn4z.fsf@gnu.org> References: <66ee6e57-e85c-6e09-f0b9-fcb07a93d451@posteo.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46130) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jE96D-0001ri-QL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:05:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <66ee6e57-e85c-6e09-f0b9-fcb07a93d451@posteo.ro> (Alexandru-Sergiu Marton's message of "Sun, 15 Mar 2020 07:46:38 +0200") 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: Alexandru-Sergiu Marton Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, brown121407@member.fsf.org Hi Alexandru-Sergiu, Alexandru-Sergiu Marton skribis: > I propose we put up a new page on the GNU Guix website that tracks the > progress of at least some of the commonly desired packages that either > do not exist at all on Guix or are outdated. A FAQ for packages, like > Frequently Requested Packages (FRP) or something. > > Examples include: GNOME, KDE, .NET Core, Rust, Python. > > The page should contain details about what is keeping us from easily > integrating each package into Guix. > > If someone is known to work on any of the packages listed on that > page, maybe list them as a contact (if they agree) for other people > that may want to help? It=E2=80=99s quite rare for in-progress packaging work to be shared. Most packages are small and easily done and so it makes little sense to share an in-progress version. For big packages or collections, like KDE, people tend to send progress reports or patch series because that requires more coordination and help on difficult issues. These can be seen at . I think it=E2=80=99s hard to gather information more precise than that beca= use each one of us volunteers to do work when the need arises and when time permits. Ludo=E2=80=99.