From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: .xinitrc ignored Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:26:33 +0200 Message-ID: <20160821102633.GA1832@solar> References: <20160819213320.32905286@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49079) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbPxm-0007MI-6Y for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:26:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbPxf-0001hg-SD for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:26:45 -0400 Received: from mailrelay6.public.one.com ([91.198.169.200]:36095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbPxf-0001hU-43 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:26:39 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160819213320.32905286@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: gno Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:33:20PM +0200, gno wrote: > Hello guys ! And gals, and other people :-) > Also, unfortunately awesome-wm is quite dated. I'd like to update it so > that it is compatible with my config. There have been quite a few API > changes. Is it feasible to try and package a newer version myself or > did you not do it already because of missing dependencies or other > complications ? Welcome on board! As others have pointed out, it looks as if awesome is not so easy to update. So maybe you would like to exercise by creating easier packages for a start. We will be happy to receive patches at guix-devel@gnu.org. Cheers, Andreas