[bug#53020] [PATCH] gnu: racket: Backport fix for .desktop files.

[Malte Gerdes]

It builds with 

```

guix build --with-git-url="" href="https://github.com/racket/racket">https://github.com/racket/racket --with-branch=racket-minimal=master --with-git-url="" href="https://github.com/racket/racket">https://github.com/racket/racket --with-branch=racket=master package

```

Where package is racket and racket-minimal respectively.

Neither `/gnu/store/11y27mj1z7mhljw2w3ni7lp2w0a1zhfr-racket-git.master` nor /gnu/store/gfbyzj9b13kzi438cjfv43hij4zhh2sh-racket-minimal-git.master have .desktop files in their directory hierarchy. (I might be doing it wrong though)

mfg

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022, 10:01 zimoun, <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Philip,

On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 at 01:06, Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com> wrote:

> This commit backports a repair by Matthew Flatt for Racket's
> creation and installation of '.desktop' files in tethered Racket
> installations. Guix's 'racket' package is structured as a tethered
> installation, so the Guix package now installs 'drracket.desktop'
> and 'slideshow.desktop' properly, for example. For further upstream
> discussion, see: <https://github.com/racket/racket/issues/4079>.

In this mentioned issue, it reads:

        I will send a patch to Guix in the hope of getting more people
        to try 11ccee3 and ece8b17 before the 8.4 release.

<https://github.com/racket/racket/issues/4079#issuecomment-1005397718>


> * gnu/packages/patches/racket-minimal-backport-4079-fix.patch: New
> patch.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/racket.scm (racket-minimal)[source]: Use it.
> (extend-layer): Set config-tethered-apps-dir.

So my naive question is: is it worth to include now and not just wait
for the next Racket 8.4 release? (One or two months if Racket keep the 4
releases per year schedule)

Other said, for testing new Racket features in the Guix ecosystem, it
appears to me easier to use transformation:

    guix build racket-minimal --with-commit=ece8b17

(or something along this line :-))

BTW, thanks for bridging the gap between Guix and Racket and it can be
cool if Guix can help Racket. :-)


Cheers,
simon