Re: [PATCH] POWWOW: Make description more descriptive.

[Nils Gillmann <niasterisk@grrlz.net>]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:25:01PM +0100, Nils Gillmann wrote:
>> Second attempt, feedback is welcome, also I will try to get the
>> location mentioned (lavachat.psyced.org/unix/) to host a patched
>> powwow.scm for guix and also on one of my domains as soon as I
>> have a webserver back.
>
> Okay, I think that the package description is not the place to recommend
> that users patch the source code and create an "out-of-tree" package.

I agree and the "servers like psyced.org" part still applies as
it can be used for it if you mind the character, so disregard
this patch.

> Maybe you should fork powwow, change the command delimiter character,
> and we package your fork. Or, try to make it configurable and get that
> change integrated upstream. What do you think?

I try to get in contact with the upstream developer and see if
they can make the CMDSEP configureable or if it already is and I
have insufficent information.

I'll reply back in this thread as soon as I have information.

>
>> 
>
>> From bef465244e08b6f6d7f6230452a6b6daa46f62aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Nils Gillmann <niasterisk@grrlz.net>
>> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:19:22 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: powwow: Adjust description.
>> 
>> * gnu/packages/games.scm (powwow): Make description more descriptive.
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/games.scm | 9 ++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> index 653e0c7..9fa7dca 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> @@ -2022,7 +2022,10 @@ is attributed to Albert Einstein.")
>>      (synopsis "MUD and telnet client")
>>      (description
>>       "POWWOW is a client software which can be used for telnet as well as for
>> -@dfn{Multi-User Dungeon} (MUD).  Additionally it can serve as a nice client for
>> -the chat server psyced with the specific config located at
>> -http://lavachat.symlynx.com/unix/")
>> +@dfn{Multi-User Dungeon} (MUD).  Additionally it can be used for chat servers
>> +(for example psyced.org) if you keep in mind that ';' is the predefined command
>> +separating character.  To work around this, you need to use a patched version of
>> +POWWOW.  You have to alter the following in the defines.h file:
>> + #define CMDSEP ';'. For further sources you can take a look at
>> +http://lavachat.symlynx.com/unix/ which contains a patched version of POWWOW.")
>>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>> -- 
>> 2.7.3
>> 
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>> -- 
>> ng
>> personal contact: http://krosos.sdf.org
>> EDN: https://wiki.c3d2.de/EDN
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ng
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