bug#69652: closed ([PATCH gnome-team 0/1] What should we do with orbit2?)

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> [PATCH gnome-team 0/1] What should we do with orbit2?
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> Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:29:35 +0100
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> Dear Guix,
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> Orbit2 is an old, unmaintained package that was used for the Gtk+2 stack, as
> far as I understand. We still have Gtk+2 around, mainly for OCaml lablgtk2
> (and _3, yes).
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> On gnome-team, this package fails to build on 32-bit systems.  I fail to
> understand why it would fail on gnome-team and not on master.  If I
> understood, maybe a clear solution would appear.  As of now, I can see
> different mitigations:
> — pretend there is no problem, skip the failing tests (they are everywhere, so
>   maybe skip tests entirely) and ship it;
> — remove it (I can’t see it on Debian, for instance);
> — fix the test crashes (I won’t, and it is unmaintained);
> — mark it as unsupported.
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> I went with the last option because I feel it is the most neutral thing to do.
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> What do you think?
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> Best regards,
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> Vivien
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> Vivien Kraus (1):
>   gnu: orbit2: Mark it unsupported in 32-bits systems.
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>  gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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> base-commit: 25c14c893f05019d746321285acf55d1aa65b943
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> Re: [PATCH gnome-team v2 0/3] FIX that damn orbit2
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> Am Samstag, dem 09.03.2024 um 12:50 -0500 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> > Hi!
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> > Vivien Kraus <vivien@planete-kraus.eu> writes:
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> > > Dear Guix,
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> > > Our new glib was the first to not let orbit2 get away with terrible
> > > bad practice.  I explained the situation in the patch.
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> > > Best regards,
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> > > Vivien
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> > > Vivien Kraus (3):
> > >   gnu: orbit2: Update style.
> > >   gnu: orbit2: Propagate inputs.
> > >   gnu: orbit2: Fix bug on 32-bit systems.
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> > >  gnu/local.mk                                  |  1 +
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> > Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail>
> And pushed.
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