Subject: Re: [bug#78309] [PATCH 1/2] system: Only add guix artwork on a desktop system.

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 15:40:39 +0900

Hi Efraim,

Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]> writes:

> * gnu/system.scm (%base-packages): Remove %base-packages-artwork.
> * gnu/services/desktop.scm (desktop-services-for-system): Add
> guix-artwork profile service.

[...]

> +         ;; Add some of the artwork niceties for the desktop.
> +         (simple-service 'guix-artwork
> +                         profile-service-type
> +                         %base-packages-artwork)
> +
>           ;; This is a volatile read-write file system mounted at /var/lib/gdm,
>           ;; to avoid GDM stale cache and permission issues.
>           gdm-file-system-service
> diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
> index bc652b1ce59..2f87b99fce3 100644
> --- a/gnu/system.scm
> +++ b/gnu/system.scm
> @@ -982,8 +982,7 @@ (define-deprecated %base-packages-disk-utilities #f '())
>  (define %base-packages
>    ;; Default set of packages globally visible.  It should include anything
>    ;; required for basic administrator tasks.
> -  (append %base-packages-artwork
> -          %base-packages-interactive

I was wondering, aren't the artwork also use to provide a nicer GRUB
background?  That's maybe not super important for servers, but I thought
I'd point it out.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim