From: ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, "Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ?] gnu: Add dash.
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:44:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87invoijw4.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87twfahqzz.fsf@gnu.org>
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Hi!
>
> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/dash.shm: New file.
>> ---
>>
>> Guix!
>>
>> IMO this belongs in a (new) shell.scm with fish, tcsh and zsh.
>> Maybe bash, too. On the other hand:
>>
>> Certain shells might have an 'ecosystem' of 'packages', such as
>> bash-completion in bash.scm, that might justify leaving them in
>> their own file. I'm thinking specifically of zsh here.
>>
>> I'd suggest merging them all and splitting out if and when needed,
>> but prefer to ask the wisdom of the list before doing that tedious
>> deed.
>
> I would keep Bash separate, but I agree it’s a good idea to merge the
> other ones in one module.
>
> If you want, you could do that and then add Dash to that file?
>
> [...]
>
>> + (home-page "http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash")
>> + (synopsis "POSIX-compliant shell optimised for size")
>> + (description
>> + "dash is a POSIX-compliant @command{/bin/sh} implementation that aims to be
>> +as small as possible, often without sacrificing speed. It is significantly
>> +faster than the GNU Bourne-Again Shell (@command{bash}) at most tasks. dash is
>> +a direct descendant of NetBSD's Almquist Shell (@command{ash}).")
>> + (license (list bsd-3
>> + gpl2+)))) ; mksignames.c
>
> I’d tend to remove “significantly” :-), but otherwise LGTM, thanks!
I second this. Significantly faster is subjectiv as long as we do not
provide some side by side benchmark results etc.
> Ludo’.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-29 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-28 2:03 [PATCH ?] gnu: Add dash Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-07-28 12:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-29 14:44 ` ng0 [this message]
2016-07-29 15:51 ` Leo Famulari
2016-07-31 21:18 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-07-31 21:58 ` Leo Famulari
2016-08-01 12:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-08-03 3:04 ` [PATCH] gnu: Add dash to shells.scm Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
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