Re: [PATCH] Add MilkyTracker to Guix

[Efraim Flashner]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 07:54:40PM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> The attached is a patch to gnu/packages/music.scm that allows a minimal and
> functional build of MilkyTracker. I'm unsure if this is formatted correctly,
> but I'm willing to learn. :-)

> --- music.scm.bak     2016-03-25 17:39:35.959715114 -0400
> +++ music.scm 2016-03-25 19:39:44.754396091 -0400
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages rdf)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages rsync)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages tcl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages texlive)
> @@ -1305,3 +1306,26 @@
>  of tools for manipulating and accessing your music.")
>      (license license:expat)))
>  
> +(define-public milkytracker
> +  (package
> +    (name "milkytracker")
> +    (version "0.90.86")
> +    (source (origin
> +           (method url-fetch)
> +           (uri
> +            (string-append "http://milkytracker.org/files/milkytracker-";
> +                               version
> +                               ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "0mqjkhvjyp5hnzm1ln3b2qjclviayxylcyml96pjdxgbaqcqa2zz"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     '(#:configure-flags `("--without-alsa" "--without-jack")))
> +    (inputs
> +     `(("sdl" ,sdl)
> +       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
> +    (synopsis "MilkyTracker is a free software multi-platform music tracker 
> for composing music in the MOD and XM module file formats.")
> +    (description "MilkyTracker is a free software, multi-platform music 
> application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate 
> the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker 
> II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 
> compatibility.")
> +    (home-page "http://milkytracker.org/";)
> +    (license license:gpl3)))

In addition to Nil's comments, I was wondering about the configure
flags. Wouldn't it make sense to have either alsa or jack as an input?

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