Re: Split (gnu packages suckless) module

[Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>]

Hi Guix,

Am Donnerstag, den 28.10.2021, 15:55 +0000 schrieb Mekeor Melire:

> The reasons for this proposal are:
> 
>   1. We generally do not create modules according to the groups of
>      developers, but rather package declarations are grouped into
>      modules according to their function (e.g. "wm") or according to
>      some technical or factual realm they belong to (e.g. "haskell" 
>      or "music"). There is no reason why software from the Suckless 
>      group should not follow this rule.
Actually, the software from the suckless group follows this rule in a
sense, as we also have a module for freedesktop, gnome, kde, etc.

>   2. There are hints indicating that the Suckless group sympathizes 
>      to oppressive Nazi ideology. The Suckless group is a registered
>      association in Munich, Germany.
This is a somewhat weak argument, as filenames only matter when editing
– you'd still be linking to a Nazi group in the homepage, which matters
much more.

On the other hand, Guix users often complain about suckless-style
software as it is in fact not the most Guix-friendly to handle.  Simply
renaming the file to "suckmore" would in my opinion be adequate, and
switching to maintained forks of their stuff ethical.

Regards,
Liliana