Re: [PATCH] gnu: mpd: Add additional optional inputs.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> I'm unclear on how to treat optional inputs (in general and in this
> particular case).  Should we offer "mpd-minimal" with minimal inputs and
> "mpd" with everything, or a "custom-mpd" function to create a package
> with a certain feature subset?

That’s one possibility.  In the case of mpd, it probably makes sense.

Another one, if these inputs are used for plugins or additional
programs, is to move those in separate outputs (similar to the ‘gui’
output of ‘git’, etc.)

Ludo’.