From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Thompson Subject: Re: %desktop-services Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 18:10:09 -0400 Message-ID: <878ud14ata.fsf@fsf.org> References: <87y4l1pgej.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yq7W8-0004Z5-F2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2015 18:10:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yq7W7-0000de-Ds for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 May 2015 18:10:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y4l1pgej.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , Guix-devel Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > I thought it would be helpful to have a =E2=80=98%desktop-services=E2=80= =99 variable > that would provide the things most =E2=80=9Cdesktop=E2=80=9D users typica= lly want in > addition to what =E2=80=98%base-services=E2=80=99 provides. See attached= patch. > > Someone using =E2=80=98%desktop-services=E2=80=99 still need to add, say,= Xfce to the > declaration=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98packages=E2=80=99 field, but that=E2=80=99= s already an improvement. We > could have =E2=80=98%desktop-packages=E2=80=99, but I=E2=80=99d rather no= t choose a specific DE > or WM to put in there. > > Thoughts? Looks great! Less work for the user. --=20 David Thompson Web Developer - Free Software Foundation - http://fsf.org GPG Key: 0FF1D807 Support the FSF: https://fsf.org/donate