GNU bug report logs - #44613
[PATCH] Fix build for bedtools

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Message #22 received at 44613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org>,
 44613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#44613] [PATCH] Fix build for bedtools
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:08:27 +0100

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zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

> PS:
> I am always confused if the removal should be done in ’origin’ or in the
> ’add-after 'unpack’ phase; especially when the bundle is free software.
> Other said, what should an user expect when fetching with “guix build -S”?
> Anyway! :-)

Unbundling is always better to do in a snippet.  It leads to less
bandwidth usage, and users can more easily inspect the (actual) code.

For other kinds of patching the boundary is less clear.  Generally,
Guix-specific tweaks should be in a phase, but "universal" bug fixes may
well be in a snippet.

I sometimes imagine a downstream distribution that use Guix sources, but
not the build scripts, to draw the line.

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