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[PATCH] Add freexl

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Catonano <catonano <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26622: closed (Re: bug#26622: [PATCH] Add freexl)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:17:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#26622: [PATCH] Add freexl

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Catonano <catonano <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26622-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26622: [PATCH] Add freexl
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:16:18 +0200

Catonano <catonano <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Another xls files reading library.
>
> The home page of Freexl says
>
> FreeXL is licensed under the MPL tri-license terms; you are free to choose
> the best-fit license between:
>
> the MPL 1.1
> the GPL v2.0 or any subsequent version
> the LGPL v2.1 or any subsequent version
>
> I'm not sure what this means for Guix

This means that we write something like this:

    ;; Any of these licenses may be chosen.
    (license (list license:mpl1.1
                   license:gpl2+
                   license:lgpl2.1+))

> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] gnu: Add freexl
>
> * gnu/packages/xml.scm (freexl): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/xml.scm | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
> index 7460b5d85..02ae00514 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
> @@ -1122,3 +1122,23 @@ files.  It is designed to be fast and to handle large input files.")
>       "libxls is a C library which can read Excel (xls) files since Excel 97 (the BIFF8 format).
>  libxls cannot write Excel files.")
>      (license license:bsd-2)))
> +
> +(define-public freexl
> +  (package
> +    (name "freexl")
> +    (version "1.0.2")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/"
> +                                  name  "-"
> +                                  version ".tar.gz"))

I’d join these two lines.

> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "17a0yrjb0gln7819j0vp7y25imhvwpil2b0rm44mwgzml0a4i6mk"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (home-page "https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/index")
> +    (synopsis "Read Excel files")
> +    (description
> +     "FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data
> +from within an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.")

Please don’t use the term “open source”; besides, all software in Guix
is free software anyway.  Just “FreeXL is a C library to extract …” is
sufficient.

Pushed with these changes to master with commit 623fb4d16.

Thanks!

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From: Catonano <catonano <at> gmail.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Add freexl
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:36:38 +0200

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Another xls files reading library.

The home page of Freexl says

FreeXL is licensed under the MPL tri-license terms; you are free to choose
the best-fit license between:

the MPL 1.1
the GPL v2.0 or any subsequent version
the LGPL v2.1 or any subsequent version

I'm not sure what this means for Guix

Thanks

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