From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:24:37 +0300 Message-ID: <87y4hyu8ii.fsf@gmail.com> 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]:51250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKW25-00052O-UJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:24:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKW21-00065c-L3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:24:49 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::233]:35006) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKW21-00065K-D2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:24:45 -0400 Received: by lahh5 with SMTP id h5so11433703lah.2 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:24:44 -0700 (PDT) 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: Mark H Weaver Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis Mark H Weaver (2015-07-29 18:51 +0300) wrote: > 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'm not aware of any other GNU/Linux distribution that > includes them. I've never heard of the .if format before, and > apparently the only purpose for this 'imagefile' tool will be to convert > the output of 'xscreenshot' into something that other programs can > understand. There already exist other established, simple formats like > 'xpm' for when a simple, transparent, and lossless format is desired. > > Also, there are several other existing programs called 'xscreenshot'. > >> From ee624abf3aada75b5fa234eec0b28fd5e2c561b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Alf Levan >> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:34:44 +0100 >> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add xscreenshot. >> >> * gnu/packages/suckless.scm (xscreenshot): New variable. > > Do these programs have any relationship to suckless.org other than > apparently being guided by a similar philosophy? I was wondering too :-) >> +(define-public xscreenshot >> + (package >> + (name "xscreenshot") >> + (version "1.0") >> + (source (origin >> + (method git-fetch) >> + (uri (git-reference >> + (url "git://git.2f30.org/xscreenshot") >> + (commit "cb8ad23"))) >> + (sha256 >> + (base32 >> + "1sqhxybzi8mmb0jg78swp0vpbdiqhckd283k33lfffsd0lkgch88")))) > > Is there any basis for choosing the version number "1.0" for this > commit? Apparently upstream produces no releases, and there are no tags > in the git repo either. Unlike the other package ("imagefile"), there is a mention of version for this one in . [...] > Anyway, I'm not sure we have any interest in these programs. > What do other people think? Sorry, I noticed this message after sending mine. I personally have no interest in these programs as well as in the most of the other programs that exist in the world. But you'll never know, perhaps it will be useful for someone. -- Alex