Re: [PATCH] xscreenshot and imagefile

[Alex Kost]

Mark H Weaver (2015-07-29 18:51 +0300) wrote:

> Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden>
>> 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 <http://git.2f30.org/xscreenshot/plain/config.mk>.

[...]
> 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