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’.