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[PATCH] Add yadm

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
Cc: guix-patches <at> gnu.org, 46215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ellis Kenyő <me <at> elken.dev>
Subject: Re: [bug#46215] [PATCH] Add yadm
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:46:11 +0100

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Leo, Ellis,

Leo Prikler 写道：
> I'd like to say "use your best judgement", but you seem to be a 
> little
> too fixated on having a minimal package description (and putting
> minimal effort into it).

That's uncalled for.  It's certainly not the impression I get.

> For instance, when the package advertises encryption, while it 
> is
> technically optional, shipping it without gpg would be a grave 
> oversight!

Well, that depends.  My own rule of thumb for ‘foo supports 
encryption!’ is:

 $ gpg
 bash: gpg: command not found
 $ foo --encrypt
 error: whoopsie: BUG in do_foo()+0x4f44!
 <16 lines of barftrace>
 error: warning: error: No such file or directory. (-ERROR)
 $

=> Make gpg an input, and quick.

 $ gpg
 bash: gpg: command not found
 $ foo --encrypt
 error: gpg not found, please install it.
 $

=> This is totally fine, users who want it know what to do next.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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