From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Wine. Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:21:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87sihkiatr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1416062479-26430-1-git-send-email-iyzsong@gmail.com> 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]:34313) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphyj-0005Ia-GM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:21:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphyc-0005cm-KU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:21:45 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:57136) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphyc-0005cg-Cy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:21:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1416062479-26430-1-git-send-email-iyzsong@gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IuWui+aWh+atpiIncw==?= message of "Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:41:19 +0800") 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: =?utf-8?B?5a6L5paH5q2m?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org =E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 skribis: > + '(substitute* "Make.vars.in" > + (("/bin/sh") "@SHELL@"))))) Indent second line under the =E2=80=98u=E2=80=99 (see examples in other fil= es.) > + (description > + "Wine (originally an acronym for \"Wine Is Not an Emulator\") is a > +compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several > +POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD. Inste= ad of Please just remove =E2=80=9Con several POSIX-compliant operating systems, s= uch as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD=E2=80=9D. (In addition to what John noted, that it runs on other OSes is not relevant for Guix users.) I was wondering whether it made sense to include Wine at all in the distribution. But I know that it=E2=80=99s used notably by free software developers who test for portability (Simon Joseffson mentioned using it notably, see ), so that=E2=80= =99s one reason. Ludo=E2=80=99.