From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: mpd: Add additional optional inputs. Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:30:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87wq0u3tnk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fv7m8kx1.fsf@fsf.org> <87d22qyv2q.fsf@mango.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55357) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ynjrc-0000q5-3q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:30:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnjrX-0007uD-LF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:30:31 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44259) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnjrX-0007u5-8D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:30:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87d22qyv2q.fsf@mango.localdomain> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:54:53 +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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus 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=E2=80=99s one possibility. In the case of mpd, it probably makes sens= e. Another one, if these inputs are used for plugins or additional programs, is to move those in separate outputs (similar to the =E2=80=98gui= =E2=80=99 output of =E2=80=98git=E2=80=99, etc.) Ludo=E2=80=99.