From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: mpd: Add additional optional inputs.
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:30:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wq0u3tnk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d22qyv2q.fsf@mango.localdomain> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:54:53 +0200")
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
> I'm unclear on how to treat optional inputs (in general and in this
> particular case). Should we offer "mpd-minimal" with minimal inputs and
> "mpd" with everything, or a "custom-mpd" function to create a package
> with a certain feature subset?
That’s one possibility. In the case of mpd, it probably makes sense.
Another one, if these inputs are used for plugins or additional
programs, is to move those in separate outputs (similar to the ‘gui’
output of ‘git’, etc.)
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-30 8:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-27 0:38 [PATCH] gnu: mpd: Add additional optional inputs David Thompson
2015-04-27 5:54 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2015-04-27 9:37 ` Andreas Enge
2015-04-30 8:30 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-04-27 9:38 ` Andreas Enge
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