On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 07:54:40PM -0400, kei@openmailbox.org wrote:
> The attached is a patch to gnu/packages/music.scm that allows a minimal and
> functional build of MilkyTracker. I'm unsure if this is formatted correctly,
> but I'm willing to learn. :-)

> --- music.scm.bak	2016-03-25 17:39:35.959715114 -0400
> +++ music.scm	2016-03-25 19:39:44.754396091 -0400
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages rdf)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages rsync)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages tcl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages texlive)
> @@ -1305,3 +1306,26 @@
>  of tools for manipulating and accessing your music.")
>      (license license:expat)))
>  
> +(define-public milkytracker
> +  (package
> +    (name "milkytracker")
> +    (version "0.90.86")
> +    (source (origin
> +	      (method url-fetch)
> +	      (uri
> +	       (string-append "http://milkytracker.org/files/milkytracker-"
> +				  version
> +				  ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "0mqjkhvjyp5hnzm1ln3b2qjclviayxylcyml96pjdxgbaqcqa2zz"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     '(#:configure-flags `("--without-alsa" "--without-jack")))
> +    (inputs
> +     `(("sdl" ,sdl)
> +       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
> +    (synopsis "MilkyTracker is a free software multi-platform music tracker for composing music in the MOD and XM module file formats.")
> +    (description "MilkyTracker is a free software, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.")
> +    (home-page "http://milkytracker.org/")
> +    (license license:gpl3)))

In addition to Nil's comments, I was wondering about the configure
flags. Wouldn't it make sense to have either alsa or jack as an input?

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