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Message #11 received at 30266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark Meyer <mark <at> ofosos.org>
To: Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft <at> uq.edu.au>, 30266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#30266] Add FANN
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:32:51 +0100

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Thanks for the good feedback. Please consider the attached patch.

Best, Mark

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018, at 03:13, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
> Hi Mark,


> Thanks for the patch.


>> +(define-module (gnu packages ai) +  #:use-module ((guix licenses)
>> #:prefix license:) +  #:use-module (guix utils) +  #:use-module (guix
>> download) +  #:use-module (guix packages) +  #:use-module (guix build-
>> system cmake) +  #:use-module (guix git-download) +  #:use-module
>> (gnu packages))> I think machine-learning.scm would be a good home for this package, so
> a new file wouldn't be needed.> 
> 


>


>> + +(define-public libfann +  (package +    (name "libfann") +
>>   (version "d71d54788b")> 


> The last release is 129 commits behind and it has been some time, so I
> think you are right - we should package from a git commit.> Usually we package from git using this style though (i.e. reason for
> not using the release, use of 'file-name', and a version that includes
> the last release followed by '-1.<commit>').>   ;; There are no recent releases so we package from git.
>    (let ((commit "da121155a977197cab9fbb15953ca1b40b11eb87"))
>      (package
>        (name "newick-utils")
>        (version (string-append "1.6-1." (string-take commit 8)))
>        (source (origin
>                  (method git-fetch)
>                  (uri (git-reference
>                        (url "
>                        https://github.com/tjunier/newick_utils.git")>                        (commit commit)))
>                  (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-
>                  checkout"))>                  (sha256
>                   (base32
>                    "1hkw21rq1mwf7xp0rmbb2gqc0i6p11108m69i7mr7xcjl268p-
>                    xnb"))))> 


>


>> +    (source (origin +              (method git-fetch) +
>>      (uri (git-reference +                    (url "
>>      https://github.com/libfann/fann.git") +
>>      (commit version))) +              (sha256 +
>>      (base32 +                "0ibwpfrjs6q2lijs8slxjgzb2llcl6rk3v2sk-
>>      i4r6215g5jjhg3x")))) +    (build-system cmake-build-system) +
>>      (arguments +     `(#:tests? #f))> I see from the website:
> 


>


>> Once you have installed the library you can test it out by going to
>> the examples directory and type make runtest, which will compile the
>> examples and run a few of them to test that everything is working.> Is that possible? Ideally, since there are tests it would be good to
> run them.> 
>
>> +    (home-page "http://leenissen.dk/fann/wp/") +    (synopsis "Fast
>>      Artificial Neural Network") +    (description +     "FANN is a
>>      free open source neural network library, which implements
>>      +multilayer artificial neural networks in C with support for
>>      both fully +connected and sparsely connected networks.") +
>>      (license license:lgpl2.1)))> Otherwise LGTM. Can you send an updated patch please?
> 


> Thanks, ben



--
Mark Meyer
mark <at> ofosos.org

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