Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin (2016-08-08 20:53 +0300) wrote:
>
>> David Craven <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Quoting Ludo from the thread you mentioned:
>>>
>>>> (Besides, our package meta-data would probably still refer to the “real”
>>>> home page of the package, from which it’s trivial to get the unmodified
>>>> tarball.)
>>>
>>> The discussion only applies to 'guix build --source' and I can't see any
>>> indication from reading the thread that displaying the original source url
>>> would be in any way problematic. Can you quote something from that
>>> thread that would indicate otherwise?
>>
>> I don't need to quote anything to think that:
>>
>> - Providing a user tool to fetch a tarball
>> - Displaying a direct link to a tarball in our UI
>
> But a user already can look at any package info (including the source
> URL) using "guix edit" command, so I don't see a reason why "guix
> package --show" can't display the same info.

I am just claiming that the two things above are equivalent and that as
a consequence we can't refuse one and accept the other.  I am not
discussing the "why", only applying logic.

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Mathieu Lirzin