From: jgart via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org>
To: Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com>
Cc: 50833@debbugs.gnu.org, ludo@gnu.org, iskarian@mgsn.dev,
maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com
Subject: [bug#50833] [PATCH] Add Bower (notmuch curses email client)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 14:42:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220708144249.GB22276@gac> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220708134701.GB20435@gac>
On Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:47:01 -0500 jgart <jgart@dismail.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:33:46 +0300 Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com> wrote:
> > jgart via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org>
> > anaandika:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >
> > > So, I should just patch lynx then, or also other things on that list?
> > >
> > > btw, bower is currently available from guixrus:
> > >
> > > https://git.sr.ht/~whereiseveryone/guixrus/tree/master/item/guixrus/packages/misc.scm#L143
> > >
> > > I also maintain the nix package for bower:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-22.05/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch-bower/default.nix#L34
> > >
> >
> > > I might stop maintaining the nix package since it's not as exciting work as maintaining the Guix package and I think I don't have time for that anymore ;()
> > >
> > A bit of yak-shaving here, but why would you want
> > nix+guix on the same system?
>
> Sometimes nix has a package that guix doesn't have and it might take a long time to package it for Guix properly so I just install it immediately with nix (think escape hatch).
The same goes for any other package manager (e.g. pip, xbps, apt, npm, etc...). This is not an exclusive technique I use only with nix. I'm a consumer of packages. Guix keeps me honest, though.
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-26 23:08 [bug#50833] Add bower (it's not what you're thinking) jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-09-26 23:11 ` [bug#50833] [PATCH] gnu: Add bower jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-09-27 1:01 ` Sarah Morgensen
2021-09-29 1:12 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-10-01 2:11 ` Sarah Morgensen
2021-10-01 3:31 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-10-02 7:58 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-10-25 4:32 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-10-25 12:25 ` [bug#50833] Add bower (it's not what you're thinking) Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-20 21:07 ` [bug#50833] [PATCH] Add Bower (notmuch curses email client) Maxim Cournoyer
2022-05-05 14:31 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-07-07 18:01 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-07-08 0:23 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-07-08 10:33 ` Munyoki Kilyungi
2022-07-08 18:47 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-07-08 19:42 ` jgart via Guix-patches via [this message]
2022-07-14 8:54 ` Munyoki Kilyungi
2022-07-11 16:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-07-15 1:50 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-09-29 1:12 ` [bug#50833] [PATCH] gnu: Add bower jgart via Guix-patches via
2021-10-01 3:31 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-07-20 5:18 ` [bug#50833] [PATCH v2] " jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-07-20 11:59 ` Maxime Devos
2022-07-24 17:45 ` jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-08-21 6:53 ` [bug#50833] [PATCH v3] " jgart via Guix-patches via
2022-09-02 14:05 ` bug#50833: [PATCH] Add Bower (notmuch curses email client) Maxim Cournoyer
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