Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add libunique.

[Leo Famulari]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 09:10:44PM +0100, Fabian Harfert wrote:

Thanks for the patch!

> * gnu/packages/patches/libunique-gdbus.patch: New file.
> * gnu/packages/patches/libunique-remove-G_CONST_RETURN.patch: New file.

Can you give the context of these patches?

I see there are newer versions available:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/unique/log/

Perhaps a more recent release would not require the patches?

In any case, remember you have to register the patches in gnu_system.am
(dist_patch_DATA). There's a recent example in 4e58a402.

> * gnu/packages/glib.scm (libunique): New variable.

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> +    (synopsis "Library for writing single instance application")

How about "Library for writing single instance applications"?

> +    (description
> +     "Libunique is library providing a mechanism to allow only one running
> +instance of an application.")

I think we should steal Debian's description:

"Libunique is a library for writing single instance application. If you
launch a single instance application twice, the second instance will
either just quit or will send a message to the running instance.

Libunique makes it easy to write this kind of applications, by providing a
base class, taking care of all the IPC machinery needed to send messages
to a running instance, and also handling the startup notification side."
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libunique-3.0-0

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