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[PATCH] gnu: Add nm-tray

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From: Pavel Shlyak <p.shlyak <at> pantherx.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 58125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#58125] [PATCH] gnu: Add nm-tray
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 17:46:50 +0300

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> Except for the initial line(?), the commit message is for tor the Subject line (-:.

I didn’t get you

> Please write the actual copyright holder (likely the relevant members of this team or perhaps their employer, depending on how things are set up) -- AFAIK, "PantherX OS Team" is a not some legal entity that can hold copyright.

Done

> I don't think this module should unconditionally import that, to help with keeping "guix ... package" fast when the kde-frameworks isn't actually used.

I didn’t get that, too

> Could you add some information, more specifically something to distinguish nm-applet from nm-applet?  Currently, it doesn't give any information that helps the user with choosing between nm-tray nad nm-applet.

Done

> Why? AFAICT, there are no git submodules.

True

>  Can you test that icons are displayed properly in a pure environment ("guix shell --pure nm-tray -- …»)?

They are not. I don’t know how to get them to work.

> could you set WITH_MODEMMANAGER_SUPPORT?

It looks like it’s not yet implemented in the app. Instead, I have removed modem manager from inputs.



> 29 сент. 2022 г., в 19:29, Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> написал(а):
> 
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add nm-tray * gnu/packages/networking.scm (nm-tray): New
>> variable.
> 
> Except for the initial line(?), the commit message is for tor the Subject line (-:.
> 
> On 27-09-2022 22:49, Pavel Shlyak wrote:
> 
> > + ;;; Copyright © 2020-2022 PantherX OS Team <team <at> pantherx.org>
> 
> Please write the actual copyright holder (likely the relevant members of this team or perhaps their employer, depending on how things are set up) -- AFAIK, "PantherX OS Team" is a not some legal entity that can hold copyright.
> 
> In both cases, I think we should investigate whether something like <https://www.samba.org/samba/devel/copyright-policy.html> should be done in Guix first.
> 
> > +++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
> > +  #:use-module (gnu packages kde-frameworks)
> 
> I don't think this module should unconditionally import that, to help with keeping "guix ... package" fast when the kde-frameworks isn't actually used.
> 
> I have tried out some tricks in <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54539> -- while there doesn't seem to have been any conclusion on what's the 'proper' trick, there are some options -- see, e.g., how https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57861 uses module-ref.
> 
> 
>> +   (synopsis "NetworkManager front end with information icon residing in system tray")
>> +   (description "nm-tray is a network connection management tool (NetworkManager front end)
>> +with information icon residing in system tray (like e.g. nm-applet).")
> 
> Could you add some information, more specifically something to distinguish nm-applet from nm-applet?  Currently, it doesn't give any information that helps the user with choosing between nm-tray nad nm-applet.
> 
>> +	   (recursive? #t)))
> 
> Why? AFAICT, there are no git submodules.
> 
> Looking through the source code, it appears to use icons.  Can you test that icons are displayed properly in a pure environment ("guix shell --pure nm-tray -- ...")?  Sometimes graphical software doesn't find its icons without some help.
> 
> Looking at CMakeLists.txt, it comes with optional modem manager support, for which you seem to have added modemmanager-qt, but from reading CMakeLists.txt, it doesn't seem to be enabled by default, could you set WITH_MODEMMANAGER_SUPPORT?
> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime.
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