From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 32053@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#32053] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add quaternion.
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:53:27 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cu78t6jmzow.fsf@systemreboot.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efgch9et.fsf@gnu.org>
>> + (inputs
>> + `(("libqmatrixclient-source" ,(package-source libqmatrixclient))
>> + ("qt" ,qt)))
>> + (arguments
>> + `(#:tests? #f ; No tests
>> + #:phases
>> + (modify-phases %standard-phases
>> + (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-libqmatrixclient
>> + (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> + (invoke "tar" "-C" "lib" "-xvf"
>> + (assoc-ref inputs "libqmatrixclient-source")
>> + "--strip-components=1"))))))
>
> That doesn’t sound great. :-)
>
> Could we arrange to have it use an externally-built libqtmatrixclient.so?
> Perhaps that’ll involve modifying the CMake/Qt/whatever build files?
Yes, it isn't great. But I did that because that's the build process
upstream recommends. :-( I will explore alternatives and get back to
you.
>> + (synopsis "Qt5 desktop client for the Matrix protocol")
>
> What about: “Graphical client for the Matrix instant messaging protocol”?
>
>> + (description "Quaternion is a Qt5 desktop client for the Matrix protocol.
>
> s/protocol/instant messaging protocol/
>
> It’s all about giving enough context so that people know what kind of
> matrix we’re talking about. ;-)
Sure, I'll make these synopsis and description changes (for both
libqmatrixclient and quaternion). In my opinion, upstream calling their
protocol "Matrix" is a somewhat poor choice. The word "Matrix" is easily
confused with many other things.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-10 5:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-04 17:42 [bug#32053] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add libqmatrixclient Arun Isaac
2018-07-04 17:46 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add quaternion Arun Isaac
2018-07-09 12:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-07-10 5:23 ` Arun Isaac [this message]
2018-07-09 12:34 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add libqmatrixclient Ludovic Courtès
2018-07-12 10:51 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH v2 0/2] Add quaternion Arun Isaac
2018-07-12 10:51 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH v2 1/2] gnu: Add libqmatrixclient Arun Isaac
2018-07-12 10:51 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH v2 2/2] gnu: Add quaternion Arun Isaac
2018-07-12 14:56 ` [bug#32053] [PATCH v2 0/2] " Ludovic Courtès
2018-07-12 17:56 ` bug#32053: " Arun Isaac
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