Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add freefall.

[Leo Famulari]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:46PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:09:06 +0100
> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On 16/03/2016, Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  [...]  
> > 
> > (Disclaimer of sorts: I wrote that package as well, a long time ago.
> > For the same machine I'm hoping to migrate to Guix soon.)
> > 
> > Yes please! Since the main purpose of this package is peace of mind, I
> > consider it worth patching.
> > 
> > In my very scientific tests of pretend-dropping my laptop and watching
> > the HDD LED, the default seemed needlessly short. I've seen expensive
> > things bounce about for much longer...
> > 
> > Should I add a separate .patch file for this, or just do it inline like Nix?
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > T G-R
> > 
> 
> I personally prefer inline as long as it isn't too big/hard. In my
> unscientific understanding of it, it allows people who don't use substitutes
> to be more self-reliant.

I also think it's much more likely to be read later on, which is a
positive thing.

Plus it's Scheme so you could do more things with the data.

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