Ping! I’d really like to apply the patch you posted in <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-04/msg00201.html> along with the corresponding package fixes.
I can do that if you want. Ludo’. [email protected] (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > Hello Mark, > > Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> skribis: > >> It's true that it wouldn't change anything to simply remove those >> ignored duplicate field initializers. However, I thought it would be >> better to give people familiar with these packages an opportunity to >> investigate. Someone may have had a good reason for adding those >> inputs, even if they are not strictly needed for a successful build. >> >> Of course, at some point we should timeout on this. I would advocate >> commenting out the redundant duplicates instead of simply deleting them, >> along with a FIXME comment asking someone to investigate. We could also >> look in the commit history to find out who added those redundant inputs, >> and ask them directly. >> >> If you're impatient to get the duplicate field detection patch committed >> soon, I could implement these "timeout" measures in the next couple of >> days. > > I think we should go ahead now and mechanically fix packages with > duplicate fields, and apply the duplicate detection patch. > > Would you like to do that? > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
