From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Katherine Cox-Buday Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 12:56:14 -0500 Message-ID: <878t8jiiwx.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> <20180506125312.aadd4fixeungiwv6@thebird.nl> <87fu2rip0r.fsf@gmail.com> <20180516181028.1a9cd04b@merlin.browniehive.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37026) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJ0f1-0005TD-EV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 May 2018 13:56:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJ0ew-0004mY-KH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 May 2018 13:56:23 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22e]:39609) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJ0ew-0004mM-FH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 May 2018 13:56:18 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id c3-v6so4197490itj.4 for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 10:56:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20180516181028.1a9cd04b@merlin.browniehive.net> (tonton@riseup.net's message of "Wed, 16 May 2018 18:10:28 +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.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Tonton Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Tonton writes: > I guess channels already sort of exist. have a git repo or similar with > whatever guix packages in it and point $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH at it. Then all > packages defined in your git repo are suddenly part of your available guix > packages. I agree this is an option; however, I think there's an important distinction between the two. Having channels reifies the concept of different repositories and rallies groups of users around a single target. E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there been an official non-libre channel, this work might not have been duplicated. -- Katherine