From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1efamP-0003VB-6w for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:25:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1efamM-0003b7-2o for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:25:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:37705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1efamL-0003ao-VJ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:25:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1efamL-0004cs-P7 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:25:01 -0500 Subject: [bug#30259] [PATCH] gnu: octave: Add audio and Qt GUI support. Resent-Message-ID: From: ng0@n0.is In-Reply-To: <87y3kjatrn.fsf@posteo.net> (Kei Kebreau's message of "Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:14:52 -0500") References: <20180126151311.9049-1-kkebreau@posteo.net> <87wp04fpjs.fsf@abyayala.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87po5wfmui.fsf@abyayala.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87372scat2.fsf@posteo.net> <877es3zmla.fsf@abyayala.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87y3kjatrn.fsf@posteo.net> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:24:09 +0000 Message-ID: <87607mn846.fsf@abyayala.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 30259@debbugs.gnu.org On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Kei Kebreau wrote: > ng0+guixpatches@n0.is writes: > >> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Kei Kebreau wrote: >>> ng0+guixpatches@n0.is writes: >>> >>>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, ng0+guixpatches@n0.is wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Kei Kebreau wrote: >>>>>> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave)[inputs]: Add qscintilla, qt, suitesparse, >>>>>> libsndfile, portaudio and alsa-lib. >>>>>> [native-inputs]: Add qttools. >>>>>> [arguments]: Add 'patch-qscintilla-library-name' phase. >>>>> >>>>> Woo! Nice :) I've started work on the Qt GUI a while ago but >>>>> never finished it. Do you think we should split this into octave >>>>> and octave-qt (or octave-gui)? Qt is quiet huge and not everyone >>>>> will want this I think. >>>>> >>>>> Building this now and getting back to you with results. >>>>> >> […] >>>> Build, compiled, installed, LGTM and works for me. At least the >>>> minimal basics I've tested. >>>> >>> >>> Excellent! Thanks for testing this. >>> >>>> However I still think we should split it later on. I'm not sure >>>> if other systems just provide it in one piece or if they provide >>>> octave-cli, octave-qt, etc. >>>> In my scenario we don't have substitutes for Qt all the time and >>>> someone running a >>>> machine which isn't capable of building Qt wants to use octave. >>> >>> I agree that this package should be split. Should a split be made now >>> while we leave the lighter CLI-only Octave package available on master, >>> or should it be postponed until later on? >>> >> >> It could be done later on, but if you think it wouldn't be too >> much work you could do it now. > > Done, I think! > >> Ideally this would leave 'octave' as it is and add >> 'octave-whatever' ... octave-qt? Debian calls the package (with >> just the Qt Gui) "qtoctave". octave-* should be reserved for >> extensions (which we don't have right now), so maybe qtoctave >> would fit into our naming scheme? >> >> >> / I think I'm going to switch the subscribed address once more, >> now that I have proper filtering I don't need the server-side >> filtering. / > > Can you (and/or any bystanders reading this) test these? > > > LGTM. qtoctave worked, the normal octave should be alright. Thank you very much for the work on this. -- ng0 :: https://ea.n0.is A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 :: https://ea.n0.is/keys/