Re: [PATCH] Add MilkyTracker to Guix

[Kei Yamashita]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:30:50 -0400
Kei Yamashita <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:46 +0200
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:
> >   
> > > Kei Yamashita (2016-03-28 06:09 +0300) wrote:
> > >    
> > >> On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:23:37 +0300
> > >> Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> wrote:    
> > >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 07:54:40PM -0400, address@hidden
> > >>> wrote:    
> > > [...]    
> > >>> > +    (arguments
> > >>> > +     '(#:configure-flags `("--without-alsa"
> > >>> > "--without-jack")))    
> > >>>
> > >>> 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?    
> > >>
> > >> Milkytracker works fine without it on my machine. I feel like
> > >> it's a matter of allowing the user options or sticking to the
> > >> minimal build.    
> > >
> > > In my understanding (I may be wrong) our policy is to provide
> > > full-featured software, so the features shouldn't be disabled
> > > without a reason.  Sometimes we add minimal packages (e.g.,
> > > "bash-minimal", "cups-minimal") if they are needed, but this is
> > > not such a case.
> > >
> > > So I think you should remove these --without-… flags.  And thanks
> > > for contributing!    
> > 
> > I agree.  Also, JACK and ALSA are ubiquitous among Guix audio/music
> > packages.  When the programme comes with support for ALSA and JACK
> > backends by default I think we should not disable it.
> > 
> > ~~ Ricardo
> >   
> 
> Noted. New patch attached.

Oh geez, that one doesn't build. Please use this patch instead.

0001-Define-MilkyTracker-in-music.scm.patch
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