[bug#42229] [PATCH 8/9] gnu: jami: Fix compilation by providing necessary webchat files.

[maxim . cournoyer]

Hello Jan!

Jan Wielkiewicz <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> writes:

> * gnu/packages/jami.scm (define-module): Add copy-build-system.
> (libringclient)[source]: Delete chatview files.
> [arguments]: Remove chatview files from CMakeLists.txt.
> (jami-chatview): New variable.
> (jami)[source]: Delete chatview directory.
> [inputs]: Add jami-chatview.
> [arguments]: Copu chatview files to destination.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/jami.scm | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/jami.scm b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
> index ea94efb2f9..58e10ae6d8 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/jami.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages)
>    #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
> +  #:use-module (guix build-system copy)
>    #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
>    #:use-module (guix download)
>    #:use-module (guix git-download)
> @@ -526,6 +527,16 @@ functionality.")
>                        (url "https://review.jami.net/ring-lrc";)
>                        (commit commit)))
>                  (file-name (git-file-name name version))
> +                (modules '((guix build utils)))
> +                ;; The chatview is a common code among Jami clients.
> +                ;; Since Guix likes functional design, I'm removing
> +                ;; the directory containing it and making it a new
> +                ;; package. The other reason is that there is no
> +                ;; any rule in the build system to check if it is
> +                ;; included.
> +                (snippet
> +                 '(begin
> +                    (delete-file-recursively "src/web-chatview")))
>                  (sha256
>                   (base32
>                    "1s1wi80drabfjhvxbiyl8k9c2jsafvmx5v84s3wldsmmdg4f6xdf"))))
> @@ -542,6 +553,21 @@ functionality.")
>                                (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libring") 
> "/include"))
>           #:phases
>           (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +           (add-after 'unpack 'do-not-install-chatview
> +             (lambda _
> +               (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/.eslintrc.json") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/chatview-gnome.css") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/chatview.css") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/chatview.html") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/chatview.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/jed.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/linkify-html.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/linkify-string.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/linkify.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/qwebchannel.js") "")
> +                 (("src/web-chatview/web.gresource.xml") ""))
> +               #t))
>             (add-before 'configure 'fix-dbus-interfaces-path
>               (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
>                 (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
> @@ -558,6 +584,40 @@ This package provides a library common to all Jami 
> clients.")
>        (home-page "https://jami.net";)
>        (license license:gpl3+))))
>  
> +(define-public jami-chatview
> +  (let ((commit "0a790d86a20ae80e5d2ee0d35452fa77cfb8cc40")
> +        (revision "0"))
> +    (package
> +      (name "jami-chatview")
> +      (version (git-version %jami-version revision commit))
> +      (source (origin
> +                (method git-fetch)
> +                (uri (git-reference
> +                      (url "https://review.jami.net/jami-chatview";)
> +                      (commit commit)))

This doesn't seem to be the canonical place to get the latest chatview.
Rather, it lives in the LRC repo [0]. It was copied there sometime in 2019,
and no new commit were made to the repo you used above since.

[0]  
https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-lrc/commits/master/src/web-chatview

> +                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
> +                (sha256
> +                 (base32
> +                  "1zb3qa1x37kclbgk4wdg6qp4ivr6513ypj8s4k0qjps7h2clgna8"))))
> +      (build-system copy-build-system)
> +      (arguments
> +       '(#:phases
> +         (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +           (add-after 'unpack 'allow-copying
> +             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +               ;; Permissions of this file are not right.
> +               ;; Let's change this to allow installing it properly.
> +               (chmod ".eslintrc.json" #o644)
> +               #t)))
> +         #:install-plan '(("." "include/libringclient/web-chatview")
> +                          (".eslintrc.json"
> +                           
> "include/libringclient/web-chatview/.eslintrc.json"))))
> +      (synopsis "Chatview for Jami")
> +      (description "Web chatview for Jami - html, css, js files.
> +It provides some common code for Jami clients.")
> +      (home-page "https://jami.net";)
> +      (license license:gpl3+))))
> +
>  (define-public jami
>    (let ((commit "85cda2e1fde84230f6b9f5419f9ec1e23867c2a1")
>          (revision "0"))
> @@ -570,6 +630,11 @@ This package provides a library common to all Jami 
> clients.")
>                        (url "https://review.jami.net/ring-client-gnome";)
>                        (commit commit)))
>                  (file-name (git-file-name name version))
> +                (modules '((guix build utils)))
> +                ;; The web directory contains links to nowhere
> +                (snippet
> +                 '(begin
> +                    (delete-file-recursively "web")))
>                  (sha256
>                   (base32
>                    "0xzcx8x04yc8m8b2vf7sxfgw79idbm0hifzaw4s2vh26hyy9sp2g"))))
> @@ -584,6 +649,8 @@ This package provides a library common to all Jami 
> clients.")
>           ("clutter-gtk" ,clutter-gtk)
>           ("libcanberra" ,libcanberra)
>           ("libnm" ,network-manager)
> +         ("jami-chatview" ,jami-chatview)
> +         ("qtbase" ,qtbase)
>           ("webkitgtk" ,webkitgtk)
>           ("sqlite" ,sqlite)))
>        (native-inputs
> @@ -596,7 +663,18 @@ This package provides a library common to all Jami 
> clients.")
>           ("adwaita-icon-theme" ,adwaita-icon-theme)
>           ("evolution-data-server" ,evolution-data-server)))
>        (arguments
> -       `(#:tests? #f)) ; There is no testsuite.
> +       `(#:tests? #f ; There is no testsuite.
> +         #:phases
> +         (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +           (add-after 'unpack 'copy-chatview-files
> +             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +               (let ((chatview
> +                      (string-append
> +                       (assoc-ref inputs "jami-chatview")
> +                       "/include/libringclient/web-chatview"))
> +                     (destination-dir "web"))
> +                 (copy-recursively chatview destination-dir))
> +               #t)))))
>        (synopsis "Distributed, privacy-respecting communication program")
>        (description "Jami (formerly GNU Ring) is a secure and distributed 
> voice,
>  video and chat communication platform that requires no centralized server and

As I understand it, jami-chatview is *not* maintained as a distinct
component upstream, hence it makes little sense to maintain it as one in
Guix: it'd burden us with maintaining it, with little to no gain.  IIUC,
all we need is to symlink the web-chatview from the lrc package, which
every Jami clients will already depend on.

The suggestion I'd make to upstream is to *install* those files as part
of a LRC installation (somewhere under share/), and then have the build
system check for their presence at configure time and use them directly.

Does that make sense?

Maxim