Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add pianobar.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Al McElrath <address@hidden> writes:

> Another new package. Feedback appreciated.

Thank you for the patch!

> This is free software, but it
> only works with a non-free music service, Pandora. Is that acceptable?

The concept of “non-free” doesn’t directly apply to services.  See
“Untangling the SaaSS Issue from the Proprietary Software Issue” here:

  https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html

and also this:

  https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html

I don’t know anything about Pandora (I do know my mythology, though), so
I’m not in a position to anticipate and answer questions about it.  In
general I think that if “pianobar” itself is free software (which you
say it is) and you do not need to use non-free software to set it up in
the first place then it is probably acceptable.

Now, on to a review of the patch!

> From 4f477999635b4a16f19ef0833727abcf899dbb69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Al McElrath <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:22:33 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add pianobar.

> * gnu/packages/music.scm (pianobar): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/music.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

> diff --git a/gnu/packages/music.scm b/gnu/packages/music.scm
> index a60ba4b..c5a6dc5 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/music.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/music.scm
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Paul van der Walt <address@hidden>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Al McElrath <address@hidden>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages code)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages check)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages docbook)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages doxygen)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
> @@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages gnupg)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages ghostscript)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages gl)
> @@ -1078,3 +1081,36 @@ computer's keyboard.")
>  JACK for audio and ALSA sequencer for MIDI as multimedia infrastructures and
>  follows a traditional multi-track tape recorder control paradigm.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
> +
> +(define-public pianobar
> +  (package
> +    (name "pianobar")
> +    (version "2015.11.22")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/PromyLOPh/";
> +                                  name "/archive/" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "022df19bhxqvkhy0qy21xahba5s1fm17b13y0p9p9dnf2yl44wfv"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f ; no tests
> +       #:make-flags (list "CC=gcc" "CFLAGS=-std=c99"
> +                          (string-append "PREFIX=" %output))
> +       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +                  (delete 'configure))))
> +    (inputs
> +     `(("ao" ,ao)
> +       ("curl" ,curl)
> +       ("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
> +       ("json-c" ,json-c)
> +       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)))
> +    (native-inputs
> +     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> +    (home-page "http://6xq.net/projects/pianobar/";)
> +    (synopsis "Console-based pandora.com player")
> +    (description "pianobar is a free/open-source, console-based client for 
> the
> +personalized online radio Pandora.")

Everything in Guix qualifies as free software, so we do not need to
explicitly mention that it is free software.  Maybe the description is a
little bit short — could you possibly incorporate parts of the feature
list?

> +    (license license:x11)))

I think it’s the Expat license, not X11.  I only compared these
texts:

    https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/blob/master/COPYING
    http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat
    http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:X11

Thanks again and welcome!

~~ Ricardo