Re: [PATCH 2] gnunet: description (was Re: [PATCH] gnunet.scm -> various changes (description update, adds gnunet-svn, gnunet-gtk-svn, gnurl))

[Ludovic Courtès]

Nils Gillmann <address@hidden> skribis:

> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>>> +   (description "GNUnet is a framework for secure, distributed, 
>>> peer-to-peer
>>> +networking.  The high-level goal is to provide a strong foundation of free
>>> +software for a global, distributed network which provides security and
>>> +privacy.  GNUnet in that sense aims to replace the current internet 
>>> protocol
>>> +stack.  Along with an application for secure publication of files, it has
>>> +grown to include all kinds of basic applications for the foundation of a 
>>> GNU
>>> +internet.
>>> +
>>> +gnunet-0.10.1 is the last stable release candidate, however for
>>> +development purposes and keeping up with latest changes, the SVN version
>>> +might be preferable until a new version is released.")
>>
>> Do we have a consensus on how to handle this sort of "Guix metadata"?
>
> Which metadata do you refer to here?
>
> The description is good with the GNUnet project, talked about it
> with others involved in GNUnet.

It’s not that simple.  ;-)

Descriptions for GNU packages are maintained in a canonical place
outside of Guix (they’re also use for other purposes, such as gnu.org),
and we synchronize from them.  ‘guix lint -c gnu-description’ reports
differences with said database.

Thus, in general, we should keep the canonical synopsis/description for
GNU packages, and email address@hidden if we think a
synopsis/description must be changed.

Another comment: should we call this package “gnunet-next”, like we did
for “guile-next”?  This would make it clear that it’s a development
snapshot.  (Sorry for not coming up with that idea earlier.)

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.