On 2016-07-01 17:50:50 -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Thanks for this patch!

Thanks for pointing out all my mistakes! :)

> > +(define-public alot
> 
> > +              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/pazz/alot/archive/"
> > +                                  version ".tar.gz"))
> 
> When possible, we prefer to use PyPi for downloading Python source code.
> But in this case, I don't see version 0.3.7 on PyPi, so we'll use
> GitHub.

Maybe I'll poke the devs about this.

> > +    (synopsis "Commandline MUA using notmuch and urwid")
> 
> How about "Command-line mail client using @code{notmuch} and
> @code{urwid}"? I'm not sure if the synopses support texinfo markup,
> while I know the descriptions do.

  $ guix package --show=alot | grep synopsis
  synopsis: Commandline MUA using @code{notmuch} and @code{urwid}

I guess no markup support in the synopsis, I'll just trim it down to:

  "Commandline MUA using notmuch"

It uses python-urwid inasmuch as it uses python-twisted, but it's (to me)
primarily known for its usage of the notmuch mail indexing system and for being
written in python.  I'll poke the devs and come back with a new patch if
necessary.

> > +    (description
> > +     "Alot is an experimental terminal MUA based on notmuch mail.  It is
> > +written in python using the urwid toolkit.")
> 
> Can you unpack 'MUA' and wrap notmuch and urwid in texinfo as above?

Still including the 'MUA' abbreviation because I think it is common enough.

Some linting:

  $ EVERYTHING_EXCEPT_CVE=description,gnu-description,inputs-should-be-native,patch-file-names,home-page,license,source,source-file-name,derivation,synopsis,formatting
  $ guix lint -c $EVERYTHING_EXCEPT_CVE alot python{2,}-urwidtrees
  $ echo $?
  0

(CVE checker takes too long, I'm using slow wifi from a café)

Finally, I'll say that I do use it, and it does build and work correctly.

Troy