From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2] gnunet: description (was Re: [PATCH] gnunet.scm -> various changes (description update, adds gnunet-svn, gnunet-gtk-svn, gnurl)) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:37:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87egar8x6n.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874mcd2cl2.fsf@grrlz.net> <87wpomr4jr.fsf@grrlz.net> <20160328164646.GE8174@jasmine> <87oa9yts9p.fsf@grrlz.net> 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]:45051) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1alNnb-00065d-Q9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:37:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1alNnX-0004xl-FT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:37:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87oa9yts9p.fsf@grrlz.net> (Nils Gillmann's message of "Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:40:50 +0200") 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: Nils Gillmann Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Nils Gillmann skribis: > Leo Famulari writes: [...] >>> + (description "GNUnet is a framework for secure, distributed, peer-t= o-peer >>> +networking. The high-level goal is to provide a strong foundation of = free >>> +software for a global, distributed network which provides security and >>> +privacy. GNUnet in that sense aims to replace the current internet pr= otocol >>> +stack. Along with an application for secure publication of files, it = has >>> +grown to include all kinds of basic applications for the foundation of= a GNU >>> +internet. >>> + >>> +gnunet-0.10.1 is the last stable release candidate, however for >>> +development purposes and keeping up with latest changes, the SVN versi= on >>> +might be preferable until a new version is released.") >> >> Do we have a consensus on how to handle this sort of "Guix metadata"? > > Which metadata do you refer to here? > > The description is good with the GNUnet project, talked about it > with others involved in GNUnet. It=E2=80=99s not that simple. ;-) Descriptions for GNU packages are maintained in a canonical place outside of Guix (they=E2=80=99re also use for other purposes, such as gnu.o= rg), and we synchronize from them. =E2=80=98guix lint -c gnu-description=E2=80= =99 reports differences with said database. Thus, in general, we should keep the canonical synopsis/description for GNU packages, and email bug-womb@gnu.org if we think a synopsis/description must be changed. Another comment: should we call this package =E2=80=9Cgnunet-next=E2=80=9D,= like we did for =E2=80=9Cguile-next=E2=80=9D? This would make it clear that it=E2=80= =99s a development snapshot. (Sorry for not coming up with that idea earlier.) WDYT? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.