[bug#37991] (no subject)

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Josh,

Josh Holland <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>> Could you check ‘guix size redshift’ vs. ‘guix size redshift-wayland’,
>> to estimate the cost of supporting both X and Wayland?
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift

[...]

> total: 126.6 MiB
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift-wayland

[...]

> total: 136.7 MiB
>
>
>> If the cost in size is too important, then we could keep separate
>> packages, but in that case one should inherit from the other to reduce
>> duplication.
>
> I agree, but IMO 10 MiB is fairly insignificant.  My only reservation is
> that this isn't a formally released package, but I've been using it for
> a week or so without any issues (though I haven't tested it on an X11
> system).

I agree.

So, could you send a patch that updates ‘redshift’ to this snapshot and
adds Wayland support?  Just add a comment stating why we’re using this
snapshot instead of the latest release.

Thanks!

Ludo’.