From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jun 23 18:04:23 2020 Received: (at 41415-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jun 2020 22:04:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37315 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jnr1j-0007no-0s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:04:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48676) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jnr1e-0007nW-Iv for 41415-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:04:21 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40975) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jnr1Y-0002tf-Rd; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:04:12 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=58630 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jnr1Y-0004V7-FJ; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:04:12 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Ryan Prior Subject: Re: [bug#41415] [PATCH 1/1] gnu: Add v. References: <20200520031816.32692-1-rprior@protonmail.com> <20200520032346.498-1-rprior@protonmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:04:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200520032346.498-1-rprior@protonmail.com> (Ryan Prior's message of "Wed, 20 May 2020 03:23:56 +0000") Message-ID: <87d05pxwv9.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 41415-done Cc: 41415-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Ryna, Ryan Prior skribis: > * gnu/packages/vlang.scm: New file. > * gnu/packages/vlang.scm (v): New variable. > * gnu/local.mk: Add vlang.scm. Finally applied, thank you. > + (native-inputs > + `(("vc" > + ,(let ((vc-version "0884d7092f4c2a4f8ca16da6f1792efa235247be")) > + ;; v bootstraps from generated c source code from a dedicated > + ;; repository. It's readable, as generated source goes, and no= t at all > + ;; obfuscated, and it's about 15kb. The original source writte= n in > + ;; golang is lost to the forces of entropy; modifying the gene= rated c > + ;; source by hand has been a commonly used technique for itera= ting on > + ;; the codebase. > + (origin > + (method git-fetch) > + (uri (git-reference > + (url "https://github.com/vlang/vc.git") > + (commit vc-version))) Thanks for taking the time to write this explanation. The file =E2=80=98v.= c=E2=80=99 is 1.2MB though, and it=E2=80=99s definitely not the preferred form for editio= n. What=E2=80=99s the 15KB above referring to? I=E2=80=99d welcome a patch to= adjust the comment, unless I=E2=80=99m missing something. :-) It would be great if you could bring up this issue with upstream, perhaps mentioning . Thanks, and sorry for the long delay! Ludo=E2=80=99.