From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "LaFreniere, Joseph" Subject: Re: Hi, I was able to do basic build and install of XChat IRC Client Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:09:27 -0500 Message-ID: <87pnczlsm0.fsf@lafreniere.xyz> References: <20200322044703.GA7377@lily.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58105) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jHItm-00086k-8Q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:09:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jHItk-0007Q3-Eu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:09:37 -0400 Received: from mx.kolabnow.com ([95.128.36.42]:51004) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jHItk-0007Pu-2O for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:09:36 -0400 In-reply-to: <20200322044703.GA7377@lily.local> 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: guix-devel@gnu.org Veera writes: > I have successfully done a basic build and install of XChat IRC=20 > Client. >From what I can tell [0], the latest commit to XChat was in 2011.=20 Is this the software you packaged, or did you perhaps intend to=20 refer to HexChat [1], a maintained fork? > I had chat about this in #Guix IRC. brendyyn, drakonis, lfam. > > They objected with XChat inclusion in Guix. > =E2=80=A6 > Please can you tell me what to do? Did the participants in #Guix who objected to including XChat in=20 Guix provide any reasons for their objections? Understanding what=20 specifically they disliked about your recipe or the upstream=20 software might provide some guidance for next steps. [0] http://xchat.org/files/?C=3DM;O=3DD [1] https://hexchat.github.io/ -- Joseph LaFreniere