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Hello,

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> skribis:

> Am 29.12.2016 um 18:44 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>> Given the popularity of PHP, I would expect tutorials and examples to
>> abound already, no?
>>
>> You can of course roll your own and Guix could distribute it, that=E2=80=
=99s
>> fine.  I=E2=80=99m just surprised we even have to do that in the first p=
lace.
>
> I was surprised, too. Otherwise I'd not write a own package.
>
> But I see no benefit of putting a project to github, just do not have a
> "home grown" package at guix. IMHO implementing this is just a waste of
> time.

I can understand why you=E2=80=99d feel this way, it=E2=80=99s just a few l=
ines of code
after all.  However, as a distro, I think we should refrain from
providing packages unrelated to Guix/Guile that have no upstream.

Ludo=E2=80=99.