Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > ng0 <contact....@cryptolab.net> skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> ng0 <n...@libertad.pw> skribis: >>> >>>> Mkpasswd has nothing to do with whois, and upstream says so. I >>>> think we should be able to install whois and just have whois, not >>>> some random "historical bundled" binary in addition to whois. >>>> I'm just stating the sizes as in comparison to the other outputs >>>> they sometimes matter even if its just KiB. >>>> >>>> Like I've written in the opening email, another approach could be >>>> to simply delete mkpasswd from the output build and create an >>>> 'mkpasswd' package (inheriting from whois) which does the same >>>> for whois. >>> >>> I might be overlooking something, but my gut reaction is that (1) it’s >>> not “bundling” in that we don’t have any other package providing >>> mkpasswd, and (2) it’s up to upstream to decide whether or not to >>> distribute mkpasswd. >>> >>> WDYT? >>> >>> Ludo’. >>> >> And upstreams decision is not to do it (on making it a choice not >> to build it or to move it to another tarball): >> >> "No, but thank you for asking." > > So upstream’s decision is to keep mkpasswd in whois? > >> So we stick with the default case? I'm still in favor for making >> it separate guix packages. > > I’m still in favor of sticking to upstream’s decision, whatever that > is. But honestly, I fail to see why this is a big deal. :-) > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
Okay. If someone comes up with it again, we can discuss it. For me it is done. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/
