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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: whois: Move mkpasswd to its own output.
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:52:13 +0100
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ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw> 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 other p=
ackage providing
>> mkpasswd, and (2) it=E2=80=99s up to upstream to decide whether or not 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, what=
ever that
is.  But honestly, I fail to see why this is a big deal.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.