Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Josh,
>
> Josh Holland <josh@inv.alid.pw> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>> Could you check ‘guix size redshift’ vs. ‘guix size redshift-wayland’,
>>> to estimate the cost of supporting both X and Wayland?
>> $ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift
>
> [...]
>
>> total: 126.6 MiB
>>
>> $ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift-wayland
>
> [...]
>
>> total: 136.7 MiB
>>
>>
>>> If the cost in size is too important, then we could keep separate
>>> packages, but in that case one should inherit from the other to reduce
>>> duplication.
>>
>> I agree, but IMO 10 MiB is fairly insignificant.  My only reservation is
>> that this isn't a formally released package, but I've been using it for
>> a week or so without any issues (though I haven't tested it on an X11
>> system).
>
> I agree.
>
> So, could you send a patch that updates ‘redshift’ to this snapshot and
> adds Wayland support?  Just add a comment stating why we’re using this
> snapshot instead of the latest release.

Since this Wayland variant is a fork of Redshift, I think it is better
to keep it as a separate package for now.