Hi Liliana,

I sent v3 of the patch that now includes your suggested description.

Can you pleas take another look?

Thanks, Roman.

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:

> Am Samstag, dem 27.04.2024 um 09:13 +0200 schrieb Roman Scherer:
>> * gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-llm): New variable.
>> 
>> Change-Id: Ie89eac7a4f0a31245b6d826ae9885a7092528ced
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
>> index 8a2ffc621d..e802cc3f03 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
>> @@ -1606,6 +1606,30 @@ (define-public emacs-libgit
>>  libgit2 bindings for Emacs, intended to boost the performance of
>> Magit.")
>>        (license license:gpl2+))))
>>  
>> +(define-public emacs-llm
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "emacs-llm")
>> +    (version "0.13.0")
>> +    (source (origin
>> +              (method git-fetch)
>> +              (uri (git-reference
>> +                    (url "https://github.com/ahyatt/llm")
>> +                    (commit version)))
>> +              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
>> +              (sha256 (base32
>> +                      
>> "1q7djz4zx1br4d3g46f1m5cbxwl050qjmsm2cy7zcww64rrkcj0l"))))
>> +    (build-system emacs-build-system)
>> +    (home-page "https://github.com/ahyatt/llm")
>> +    (synopsis "Emacs library abstracting Large Language Model
>> capabilities.")
>> +    (description
>> +     "This is a library for interfacing with Large Language Models. 
>> It allows
>> +Elisp code to use LLMs, but gives the end-user an option to choose
>> which LLM
>> +they would prefer.  This is especially useful for LLMs, since there
>> are ones
>> +in which API access costs money, as well as locally installed ones
>> that are
>> +free.  Applications using LLMs can use this library to make sure
>> their
>> +application works regardless of the LLm they choose.")
>> +    (license license:gpl3+)))
>> +
> Oof, this is still pretty much the same description as before with only
> the most basic concerns addressed.
>
> How about "This package provides interfaces to abstract various
> @acronym{LLM, large language model}s out in the world.  To respect user
> freedom, it will warn you before interacting with non-free LLMs."?
>
> As far as I know there is no guideline against including stuff that
> works with non-free web services, so this goes beyond the Guix
> guidelines – we even have some packages calling to chatgpt and not much
> else, so it's a big improvement over that – and it's a somewhat good
> message for those amongst us who are concerned about freedom three when
> they think about LLMs.
>
> WDYT?