Re: [PATCH 0/2] gnu: Add sdl-union and guile-sdl

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> Regarding sdl-union:
>
> * This package isn't useful for users, only developers.  Should I keep it
> private so that it doesn't show up in package searches?

Probably, yes.  But could you remind me why it’s needed?  ISTR from
earlier discussions that some tools (‘sdl-config’?) assume that all the
headers and libraries are in the same directory, right?

Could you add the explanation as a comment or the ‘description’ field in
the source?

> * I wasn't sure how to fill out the metadata fields.  Thoughts on what
>   they should be?

What you did is fine, or you could add the explanation mentioned above.

> Regarding guile-sdl:
>
> * This package doesn't build.  However, if I build with --keep-failed
> and run `make clean && make` in /tmp/nix-.../guile-sdl-0.5.1, the build
> is successful.  Does anyone have any thoughts about why this might be?
> I really need some help here.

Did you try #:parallel-build? #f and/or #:parallel-tests? #f?
Otherwise, perhaps you could post the fail of the build log to see if we
have an idea.

Thanks!

Ludo’.