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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>, 48924 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, efraim <at> flashner.co.il, Tony O <me <at> fron.io>
Subject: [bug#48924] Add systemd
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:30:10 +0200

Hi,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:

> On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 11:44:47PM +0200, Leo Prikler wrote:
>> It is probably still a somewhat long and bumpy road, but in my personal
>> opinion one that has an end.
>> @lfam, ludo, efraim: WDYT?
>
> To me, it seems like we are applying a slightly higher standard to this
> patch than to other submissions of complex packages whose functionality
> is difficult to evaluate.

No no, I was careful to apply the same standards.  :-)  My main
question is whether it’s usable at all:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48924#1

Tony’s use case has to do with satisfying the dependencies of a
binary-only proprietary executable:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48924#2

To me, that use case alone isn’t enough to justify maintaining systemd
in Guix proper.

However, if, as Efraim suggests, a systemd package has some uses, at
least on foreign distros, then that’s fine with me.  It’s a very narrow
use case (running ‘loginctl’ on a foreign distro), but why not.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

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