GNU bug report logs - #43194
[PATCH] gnu: publicly define freedink-engine and freedink-data

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Message #8 received at 43194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#43194] [PATCH] gnu: publicly define freedink-engine and
 freedink-data
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:46:41 +0200

Hi,

Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> The attached patch publicly defines freedink-engine and
> freedink-data. This resolves many of the issues described in
> #43061. This patch, combined with patch #43193(sent earlier today),
> can close #43061.

Now I’m confused: how does it help to make freedink-{engine,data}
public?

>>From 583215aced9b557d6f4e54b290e788d33880c03c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357+guix <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:38:24 -0600
> Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] gnu: publicly define freedink-engine and freedink-data
>
> * gnu/packages/games.scm: (freedink-engine): make public
> (freedink-data): make public

[...]

>  (define-public freedink
>    ;; This is a wrapper that tells the engine where to find the data.
> -  (package (inherit freedink-engine)
> +  (package ;(inherit freedink-engine)

Is it intended?  Looks like inheriting avoids duplicating fields, no?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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