GNU bug report logs - #77611
[PATCH] gnu: Remove duplicated package show-me-the-key.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 77611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#77611] [PATCH] gnu: Remove duplicated package show-me-the-key.
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:22:23 +0200

Hi,

Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com> skribis:

> This package is a duplicate of "showmethekey".  Upstream seems to prefer
> naming the package without hyphens in the name.
>
> * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (show-me-the-key): Delete variable.
>
> Change-Id: I21daae0826b6fbc5adf6d10a8497099875ae09f1

Instead of simply removing it, can you use ‘deprecated-package’ so this
name becomes an alias for the other one?

(You need to do this in the file where ‘showmethekey’ is defined.)

TIA,
Ludo’.
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