GNU bug report logs - #54796
[PATCH v3 00/22] Add importer for hex.pm and rebar3 build-system for Erlang

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Message #140 received at 54796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 54796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#54796] [PATCH v3 01/22] import: Add hex.pm importer.
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 18:01:49 +0200

Am 09.04.22 um 13:58 schrieb Maxime Devos:
> Would it possible to detect if a package is a library or a tool, and if
> it's the latter, drop the "erlang-" prefix automatically (and move
> propagated-inputs to inputs)?

Good idea! This would indeed be cool and supportive for the packager. 
Anyhow, AFAIK the meta-data does not provide such information. (Just 
double-checked with https://hex.pm/api/packages/ejabberd and one of the 
releases there.)

-- 
Regards
Hartmut Goebel

| Hartmut Goebel          | h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com               |
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