Re: [PATCH] gnu: octave: Add fftw, arpack, and glu inputs.

[Eric Bavier]

On Sun, 10 May 2015 15:46:10 -0400
Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:

> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, 09 May 2015 08:56:10 -0400
> > Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> writes:
> >> 
> >> > @@ -411,11 +416,11 @@ extremely large and complex data collections.")
> >> >                              "/bin/sh"))))
> >> >      (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/";)
> >> >      (synopsis "High-level language for numerical computation")
> >> > -    (description "GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language that 
> >> > is specialized
> >> > -for numerical computations.  It can be used for both linear and 
> >> > non-linear
> >> > -applications and it provides great support for visualizing results.  
> >> > Work may
> >> > -be performed both at the interactive command-line as well as via script
> >> > -files.")
> >> > +    (description "GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language that 
> >> > is
> >> > +specialized for numerical computations.  It can be used for both linear 
> >> > and
> >> > +non-linear applications and it provides great support for visualizing 
> >> > results.
> >> > +Work may be performed both at the interactive command-line as well as 
> >> > via
> >> > +script files.")
> >> 
> >> As you have it now, the first line of the string will actually be much
> >> shorter than the others.
> >
> > In what situations is this an actual issue?  The recutils output will
> > re-wrap lines already (e.g. 'guix search' and 'guix package --show').
> 
> Indeed, I didn't know that we did that.  I suppose it doesn't matter
> then.

Ok.  Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Thanks,
`~Eric