Subject: Re: bug#54986: [PATCH] gnu: mpd: Add support for socket activation.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 17:55:36 +0200

Hi Liliana,

What’s the status of this patch series?  Would be nice to have it in!

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/services/audio.scm (<mpd-configuration>)[shepherd-endpoints]: New field.
>> (mpd-shepherd-service): Use it.
>> * doc/guix.texi (Music Player Daemon): Document it.
>
> [...]
>
>> +++ b/gnu/services/audio.scm
>> @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ (define-record-type* <mpd-configuration>
>>                  (default "6600"))
>>    (address      mpd-configuration-address
>>                  (default "any"))
>> +  (shepherd-endpoints mpd-configuration-shepherd-endpoints
>> +                      (default '())) ; list of <shepherd-endpoint>
>
> The way I see it, service configuration should be oblivious to whether
> it’s started as “forkexec”, systemd, or inetd.
>
> There’s already an ‘address’ field above, so my suggestion would be to
> reuse it.  This is what I did for example for the openssh service, and
> also for bitlbee and dicod here:
>
>   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54997#5
>
> WDYT?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.