Re: Packaging FreeCAD

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

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Hello,p

John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. jún. 18., Ke 10:27):

> Hi Guix!
>
> I'm excited to announce that I opened FreeCAD for the first time this
> evening thanks most recently to support on the FreeCAD forum! I am no
> expert in the use of the application, however, so I am sure some issues
> might be discovered with use. I already know of the following two issues:
>
>  - Bundled third party packages. Among them: SMESH (from salome or a
> fork), Pivy (from coin3D), libkdtree++ (seems like there is no live source
> or maintainer), and a few others.
>
>  - License help. FreeCAD itself is under the gpl 2.1+, however I think I
> need some guidance providing the correct licenses (both for FreeCAD and the
> bundled source)
>
> Now where do I put the package definition in gnu/packages? I have several
> module definitions in my channel:
>  - salome.scm for libmedfile, smesh and the supporting infrastructure
>  - coin3d.scm for coin3d, soqt, and pivy (WIP)
>  - python-pyside.scm for Shiboken2, Pyside2, and Pyside2-tools
>  - libarea.scm for libarea
>  - libspnav.scm for libspnav and
>  - freecad.scm for FreeCAD itself
>
> I am happy to finally learn to use the app!
>
> - John
>

This is great!

I am not an expert on the where to place things, but if you don't find some
module that is a clear fit for your package, then you can create a new one.
With that said, I believe you can put coin into somewhere graphics related,
and the python stuff to python-xyz.

I also have some freecad projects, so I can help with testing if needed.


> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:23 PM Paul Garlick <
> pgarlick@tourbillion-technology.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> > Another question: do we tend to try to use guix packages whenever a
>> package
>> > ships bundled with some third party source?
>>
>> Yes.  The preference is to use Guix packages where possible.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Best regards,
g_bor

>
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