From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Thompson Subject: Re: New importer for GNU packages Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:42:33 -0500 Message-ID: <87egt9pzmu.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <87h9y5iz1e.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]:59414) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoCeb-0001yB-3F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:42:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoCeV-0006Qd-1I for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:42:45 -0500 Received: from na3sys009aog129.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.142]:47144) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoCeU-0006Q5-Ph for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:42:38 -0500 Received: by mail-qg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id a108so7244134qge.37 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:42:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87h9y5iz1e.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@gnu.org Cc: Karl Berry Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Karl recently suggested that we add a semi-automatic tool to facilitate > the addition of GNU packages, and Andreas rightfully noted that we > already have most of the infrastructure for =E2=80=98guix refresh=E2=80= =99 et al. Cool! [snip] > (package > (name "gforth") > (version "0.7.3") > (source > (origin > (method url-fetch) > (uri (string-append > "mirror://gnu/gforth/gforth-" > version > ".tar.gz")) > (sha256 > (base32 > "f5rpeiz36armepibzeqlcvlkue7kwfuogi3lcm2svrpj6gcufoya")))) > (build-system gnu-build-system) > (synopsis "Forth interpreter") > (description > "Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANSI Forth > language. It includes an editing mode for Emacs and an interpreter > featuring completion and history. A generic virtual machine > environment, vmgen, is also included.") > (home-page "htmlxref") > (license find-by-yourself!)) It's unfortunate that the GNU project doesn't maintain certain metadata such as the license for each project. It would be very convenient to have! --=20 David Thompson Web Developer - Free Software Foundation - http://fsf.org GPG Key: 0FF1D807 Support the FSF: https://fsf.org/donate