On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:43:20 -0400
Kei Yamashita <k...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:39:31 -0400
> Kei Yamashita <k...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:30:50 -0400
> > Kei Yamashita <k...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:26:46 +0200
> > > Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Kei Yamashita (2016-03-28 06:09 +0300) wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:23:37 +0300
> > > > >> Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> wrote:
> > > > >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 07:54:40PM -0400,
> > > > >>> k...@openmailbox.org 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.
>
> Oh, the embarassment. I promise that this one builds.
Is anyone else having trouble with the ALSA support?
