Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis <orchid.hybrid@gmail.com> writes:
>> * xscreenshot which takes a screenshot and saves it as .if format
>> * imagefile which contains a few programs to convert .if to gif, png
>
> Honestly, I'm doubtful whether our users will have any interest in these
> programs.

I received a private email suggesting that my response here was
unfriendly.  I'm sorry that it came off that way, because that was not
my intent.  I'm just trying to express my opinion honestly.

I've since looked closer at xscreenshot.  Its final commit was the day
after its initial commit, which was almost exactly one year ago.  In
that time, the only references I can find to it in a web search are:

(1) a few messages on the suckless email list within a day or so after
    it was written
(2) the current discussion on guix-devel, a year later

and that's it.  So, what we have here is a program with a two day commit
history that produces a novel format that apparently nobody uses, and
I've been unable to find any discussion about it in the year since then.

Do other people think that such programs belong in Guix?
Am I being an ungrateful ass?

      Mark