Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add reducelcs.

[ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>]

Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> writes:

> contact.ng0@cryptolab.net writes:
>
>> From: ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>
>>
>> * gnu/packages/lcs.scm: New file.
>> * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add lcs.scm.
>
> What do you think necessitates the creation of a new file for this
> package? It seems to me it would fit in maths.scm, but I may just be ignorant.

Okay with this change. I've just resent due to the lack of review
I got on this since the commit date in the patch.

>> ---
>>  gnu/local.mk         |  1 +
>>  gnu/packages/lcs.scm | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/lcs.scm
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
>> index 217d31712..0e915cb32 100644
>> --- a/gnu/local.mk
>> +++ b/gnu/local.mk
>> @@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
>>    %D%/packages/key-mon.scm			\
>>    %D%/packages/kodi.scm				\
>>    %D%/packages/language.scm			\
>> +  %D%/packages/lcs.scm                          \
>>    %D%/packages/ldc.scm				\
>>    %D%/packages/lego.scm				\
>>    %D%/packages/less.scm				\
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/lcs.scm b/gnu/packages/lcs.scm
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000..6b00098ae
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/lcs.scm
>> @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
>> +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
>> +;;; Copyright © 2017 ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
>> +;;;
>> +;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>> +;;;
>> +;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
>> +;;; your option) any later version.
>> +;;;
>> +;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
>> +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> +;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
>> +;;;
>> +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> +;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>> +
>> +(define-module (gnu packages lcs)
>> +  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
>> +  #:use-module (guix packages)
>> +  #:use-module (gnu packages)
>> +  #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
>> +  #:use-module (guix git-download)
>> +  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
>> +
>> +(define-public reducelcs
>> +  ;; This is the last commit which is available upstream, no
>> +  ;; tarball release happened since 2010.
>> +  (let ((commit "474f88deb968061abe8cf11c959e02319b8ae5c0")
>> +        (revision "1"))
>> +    (package
>> +      (name "reducelcs")
>> +      (version (string-append "0.0.0-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
>> +      (source
>> +       (origin
>> +         (method git-fetch)
>> +         (uri (git-reference
>> +               (url "https://github.com/gdv/Reduce-Expand-for-LCS")
>> +               (commit commit)))
>> +         (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
>> +         (sha256
>> +          (base32
>> +           "1rllzcfwc042c336mhq262a8ha90x6afq30kvk60r7i4761j4yjm"))))
>> +      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>> +      (inputs
>> +       `(("openlibm" ,openlibm)))
>> +      (arguments
>> +       `(#:tests? #f ; no tests
>> +         #:phases
>> +         (modify-phases %standard-phases
>> +           (delete 'configure) ; no configure script
>> +           (replace 'install ; no install phase either
>> +             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> +               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
>> +                      (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
>> +                 (install-file "Approximation" bin)
>> +                 (install-file "CollectResults" bin)
>> +                 (install-file "GenerateInstances" bin)
>> +                 #t))))))
>> +      (synopsis "Approximate Longest Commons Subsequence computation tool")
>> +      (description
>> +       "@code{reduceLCS} is an implementation of the Reduce-Expand
>> +algorithm for LCS.  It is a fast program to compute the approximate
>> +Longest Commons Subsequence of a set of strings.")
>> +      (home-page "http://gianluca.dellavedova.org/software/")
>
> I think you can link to the Github repo here. Lots of other packages do that.

Yes, that's probably better.

>> +      (license license:gpl2))))
>
> The most recent version of this software is covered by the GPLv3 (and
> later? IANAL).

Oh, I will check again.

Thanks!

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