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[PATCH] gnu: Add textpieces

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Sughosha <Sughosha <at> proton.me>
Cc: 57999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57999: [PATCH] gnu: Add textpieces
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:26:43 -0400

Hello,

Sughosha <Sughosha <at> proton.me> writes:

> From: Sughosha <sughosha <at> proton.me>
>
> * gnu/packages/text-editors.scm (textpieces): New variable.

[...]

> +(define-public textpieces
> +  (package
> +    (name "textpieces")
> +    (version "3.2.0")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method git-fetch)
> +              (uri (git-reference
> +                    (url "https://github.com/liferooter/textpieces")
> +                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "14zq2c7js80m4cq8wpdb3kyz5sw96l8znbz027w8s94gqhm632ff"))))
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f ;fails to validate appstream file

Is this a known issue upstream?  If so, it should be linked with a full
sentence, for example: "The test suite fails validating the appstream
file (see: https://www.upstream-issue-url)."

> +       #:glib-or-gtk? #t))
> +    (build-system meson-build-system)
> +    (native-inputs (list pkg-config
> +                         vala
> +                         desktop-file-utils
> +                         appstream-glib
> +                         gettext-minimal
> +                         `(,glib "bin")
> +                         blueprint-compiler
> +                         `(,gtk "bin")))
> +    (inputs (list gtk
> +                  libadwaita
> +                  gtksourceview
> +                  json-glib
> +                  libgee
> +                  python
> +                  python-pygobject
> +                  python-pyyaml))

Please sort the dependencies in lexicographical order.

> +    (home-page "https://github.com/liferooter/textpieces")
> +    (synopsis "Quick text processor")
> +    (description
> +     "Text Pieces tool for quick text transformations such as checksums,

                    ^ is a tool
                    
> +encoding, decoding and so on.
                     ^, etc.

> +The basic features of Text Pieces are:
> +@itemize
> +@item Base64 encoding and decoding
> +@item SHA-1, SHA-2 and MD5 checksums
> +@item Prettify and minify JSON
> +@item Covert JSON to YAML and vice versa
> +@item Count lines, symbols and words
> +@item Escape and unescape string, URL and HTML
> +@item Remove leading and trailing whitespaces
> +@item Sort and reverse sort lines
> +@item Reverse lines and whole text
> +@item You can write your own scripts and create custom tools
> +@end itemize")
> +    (license license:gpl3)))

The rest looks fine.  It'd be nice to get the test suite passing.

Thanks,

Maxim

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