From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:58:18 -0400 Message-ID: <87oaiue4hh.fsf@netris.org> References: <87a8uf2c94.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33605) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKe3P-0001fN-6Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:58:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKe3K-0006Nb-3A for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:58:43 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:57347) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKe3J-0006Km-Vl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:58:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a8uf2c94.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:51:19 -0400") 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: Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Mark H Weaver writes: > Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis writes: >> * xscreenshot which takes a screenshot and saves it as .if format >> * imagefile which contains a few programs to convert .if to gif, png > > Honestly, I'm doubtful whether our users will have any interest in these > programs. I received a private email suggesting that my response here was unfriendly. I'm sorry that it came off that way, because that was not my intent. I'm just trying to express my opinion honestly. I've since looked closer at xscreenshot. Its final commit was the day after its initial commit, which was almost exactly one year ago. In that time, the only references I can find to it in a web search are: (1) a few messages on the suckless email list within a day or so after it was written (2) the current discussion on guix-devel, a year later and that's it. So, what we have here is a program with a two day commit history that produces a novel format that apparently nobody uses, and I've been unable to find any discussion about it in the year since then. Do other people think that such programs belong in Guix? Am I being an ungrateful ass? Mark