From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: whois: Move mkpasswd to its own output. Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:45:14 +0000 Message-ID: <871svx6y1x.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <20170104180705.5733-1-ng0@libertad.pw> <20170104180705.5733-2-ng0@libertad.pw> <87k2a4poef.fsf@gnu.org> <87o9zg7cjb.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87eg0cnw7a.fsf@gnu.org> <87r33yvwrp.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <874m0tbzzm.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51560) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cUjmx-00060b-6i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:44:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cUjmt-00057p-Ag for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:44:15 -0500 Received: from fragranza.investici.org ([178.175.144.26]:53602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cUjms-000578-W5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:44:11 -0500 Received: from [178.175.144.26] (fragranza [178.175.144.26]) (Authenticated sender: niasterisk@grrlz.net) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D92AE2C008B for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:44:07 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <874m0tbzzm.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > ng0 skribis: > >> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> ng0 skribis: >>> >>>> Mkpasswd has nothing to do with whois, and upstream says so. I >>>> think we should be able to install whois and just have whois, not >>>> some random "historical bundled" binary in addition to whois. >>>> I'm just stating the sizes as in comparison to the other outputs >>>> they sometimes matter even if its just KiB. >>>> >>>> Like I've written in the opening email, another approach could be >>>> to simply delete mkpasswd from the output build and create an >>>> 'mkpasswd' package (inheriting from whois) which does the same >>>> for whois. >>> >>> I might be overlooking something, but my gut reaction is that (1) it=E2= =80=99s >>> not =E2=80=9Cbundling=E2=80=9D in that we don=E2=80=99t have any othe= r package providing >>> mkpasswd, and (2) it=E2=80=99s up to upstream to decide whether or no= t to >>> distribute mkpasswd. >>> >>> WDYT? >>> >>> Ludo=E2=80=99. >>> >> And upstreams decision is not to do it (on making it a choice not >> to build it or to move it to another tarball): >> >> "No, but thank you for asking." > > So upstream=E2=80=99s decision is to keep mkpasswd in whois? > >> So we stick with the default case? I'm still in favor for making >> it separate guix packages. > > I=E2=80=99m still in favor of sticking to upstream=E2=80=99s decision, = whatever that > is. But honestly, I fail to see why this is a big deal. :-) > > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. Okay. If someone comes up with it again, we can discuss it. For me it is done. --=20 =E2=99=A5=E2=92=B6 ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/