[bug#48729] [PATCH v5 24/25] gnu: Add bitmask.

[Raghav Gururajan]

Hi Maxime!

> Snippets can be G-expressions. Personally, I'd go with a G-expression
> instead of an S-expression, because
>
> * that makes it more obvious it is staged code, and not, say, SXML
> * G-exps are cool [citation needed]
>
> > +    (build-system go-build-system)
> > +    (arguments [...])

I see. Would you be able to illustrate with a snippet please? I haven't 
used G-exps much.

> A bit large, but all the code there seems required
> Seems ok, though not being able to build i18n files is a bit
> unfortunate.

Yeah. TypeScript shenanigans with the i18n.

> > +    (synopsis "White-label VPN client by LEAP")
>
> About ‘White-label’: this seems an odd thing to say about software.
> Here is a definition, in case we are talking about different things:
>
>  From Wikipedia 
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-label_product&oldid=1028825641):
>
> ‘A white-label product is a product or service produced by one company (the 
> producer)
> that other companies (the marketers) rebrand to make it appear as if they had 
> made
> it.[1][2] The name derives from the image of a white label on the packaging 
> that can
> be filled in with the marketer's trade dress. White label products are sold by 
> retailers
> with their own trademark but the products themselves are manufactured by a 
> third party.[3]’
>
> bitmask isn't a product or a service, it's just software.
> It is also not sold.  I don't see how ‘white-label’ can apply to bitmask.
>
> Also, I don't see what value adding "White-label" to the synopsis
> provides to users(*).
>
> (*) Here, ‘users’ are all people using Guix. Including people hacking on Guix
>      (‘developers’).
>
> I'd drop "White-label" from the synopsis.

I used white-label because bitmask is neither a service provider on its 
own nor tied-to/developed-for specific provider. Whichever supported 
provider is chosen the application name, icons, logo etc becomes that of 
the provider. In other words, the app re-brands itself based on chosen 
VPN provider.

But I'll change the while-label to generic, in the synopsis.

Regards,
RG.

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