[bug#28698] [PATCH] gnu: Enable support for libpurple in bitlbee.

[Tomáš Čech]

Hi Ludo,

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 03:00:12PM +0000, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Tomáš!
>
> Tomáš Čech <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > * gnu/packages/messaging.scm (bitlbee): Add pidgin input, add more configure
> >   flags.
>
> I think it’s a good idea, but it’s taking a lot of extra space:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix size bitlbee |tail -1
> total: 176.5 MiB
> $ guix size bitlbee pidgin |tail -1
> total: 668.0 MiB
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> What about adding a “lib” output to Pidgin?  BitlBee would depend on
> that rather than on the whole Pidgin.

I agree - that is the best approach to split GUI and libpurple library,
I'll play with that.

Thanks for your review!

Tomas

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