Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add newlib-nano-arm-none-eabi.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/embedded.scm (newlib-nano-arm-none-eabi): New variable.
>
> [...]
>
>> +(define-public newlib-nano-arm-none-eabi
>> +  (package (inherit newlib-arm-none-eabi)
>> +    (name "newlib-nano")
>
> I think it should be “newlib-minimal”, no?  Or does “nano” have a
> special meaning?

The variant of newlib that targets small systems with limited memory and
other size constraints is commonly called “newlib-nano” on the mailing
lists and in other distributions.  The configure flags also mention
“nano”, as does the documentation, but there’s no separate project for
“newlib nano”.  It’s just newlib with the nano flags.

> Also, make sure to add a synopsis that mentions its minimalness, and
> maybe a comment stating what the intended use case is, or how the
> feature set was chosen.

Okay, I’ll override the synopsis.

~~ Ricardo