GNU bug report logs - #54434
[PATCH 0/6] XFCE Updates

Previous Next

Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: mail <at> brendan.scot

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: 'Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot>, 54434 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#54434] [PATCH 4/6] gnu: mate-polkit-for-xfce: Unhide package.
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:36:26 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
'Brendan Tildesley schreef op do 17-03-2022 om 19:04 [+1100]:
> -    (properties `((hidden? . #t)))))
> +    (synopsis "PolicyKit Authentication agent for XFCE")
> +    (description (string-append (package-description mate-polkit) "
> +
> +This package variant provides the MATE PolicyKit authentication agent
> +configured to autostart for XFCE. This is because the XFCE project does not
> +have its own official authentication agent, so we pick MATE PolicyKit as a
> +reasonable fit."))))

The description seems rather pointless to me because the package is
hidden (and hence, not visible to "guix show").
It could be put in a comment though.  Additionally, as-is, this won't
be picked up for translation, maybe do
(string-append ... (P_ "foo bar ...")) instead.

Greetings,
Maxime.

[signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, inline)]
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 322 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.