GNU bug report logs - #76377
gnu: packages: remove g-golf and nomad

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: David Pirotte <david <at> altosw.be>

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 76377 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Leo Famulari" <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 76377 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, david <at> altosw.be
Subject: Re: bug#76377: gnu: packages: remove g-golf and nomad
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:21:13 -0500

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025, at 01:56, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> But David’s request, that we make g-golf the name of the guile-g-golf
> package, can hardly be encouraged by Guix.  That is, logically, Guix
> cannot encourage not following its policy.

Earlier, you described this policy as "not written down". That's not a policy, in my opinion.

And we should consider deviating from it when people have strong feelings about it.

Already, we seem to have alienated the author of a Guile package, which is tragically counterproductive.

And really, what's so bad about naming the package of the g-golf program "g-golf"? We've deviated from these informal guidelines before and the world kept turning.
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