On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:30:50 -0400 Kei Yamashita wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:46 +0200 > Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > > Alex Kost writes: > > > > > Kei Yamashita (2016-03-28 06:09 +0300) wrote: > > > > > >> On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:23:37 +0300 > > >> Efraim Flashner wrote: > > >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 07:54:40PM -0400, kei@openmailbox.org > > >>> wrote: > > > [...] > > >>> > + (arguments > > >>> > + '(#:configure-flags `("--without-alsa" > > >>> > "--without-jack"))) > > >>> > > >>> 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? > > >> > > >> Milkytracker works fine without it on my machine. I feel like > > >> it's a matter of allowing the user options or sticking to the > > >> minimal build. > > > > > > In my understanding (I may be wrong) our policy is to provide > > > full-featured software, so the features shouldn't be disabled > > > without a reason. Sometimes we add minimal packages (e.g., > > > "bash-minimal", "cups-minimal") if they are needed, but this is > > > not such a case. > > > > > > So I think you should remove these --without-… flags. And thanks > > > for contributing! > > > > I agree. Also, JACK and ALSA are ubiquitous among Guix audio/music > > packages. When the programme comes with support for ALSA and JACK > > backends by default I think we should not disable it. > > > > ~~ Ricardo > > > > Noted. New patch attached. Oh geez, that one doesn't build. Please use this patch instead.