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Those two package descriptions don't appear equivalent. The Nix one includes tmux-bash-completion and some extra build configuration compared to the Guix one, a

Those two package descriptions don't appear equivalent. The Nix one includes tmux-bash-completion and some extra build configuration compared to the Guix one, as well as a much more verbose description.

kragen 7y ago
I think the differences are small.
- lilyball 7y ago
  After deleting the bash completion stuff and replacing the verbose description with Guix's, it cut the package from 63 lines down to 36. Deleting the blank lines cut it down to a further 27. For comparison the Guix package (which had no blank lines to begin with) is 35 lines. Here's the trimmed Nix derivation: { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, ncurses, libevent, pkgconfig, makeWrapper }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "tmux"; version = "2.9a"; outputs = [ "out" "man" ]; src = fetchFromGitHub { owner = pname; repo = pname; rev = version; sha256 = "040plbgxlz14q5p0p3wapr576jbirwripmsjyq3g1nxh76jh1ipg"; }; nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ]; buildInputs = [ ncurses libevent makeWrapper ]; meta = { homepage = http://tmux.github.io/; description = "Terminal multiplexer"; longDescription = '' tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached. ''; license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3; platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix; maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ thammers fpletz ]; }; }
  - kragen 7y ago
    Nice! I find this a lot more readable than the Scheme, and it certainly contains many fewer tokens; what do you think?
    - emerongi 7y ago
      Guix package definitions were unreadable to me initially, as I had never used Scheme/Lisp before. I've written a couple of them now and the definition above is extremely easy to read. Big part is just formatting & parentheses, I think my eyes just needed a little bit of adjustment time.
    - diffeomorphism 7y ago
      That looks almost identical to the Scheme one with the only real difference being foo=bar; vs (foo bar). Hardly enough of a difference to change anything "a lot" either way.
    - svd4anything 7y ago
      It’s absolutely more readable.
catalogia 7y ago
I meant both to be examples of the general look and feel of each DSL. They aren't precisely equivalent, but I do think they're illustrative examples of the two DSLs.

kragen 7y ago

I think the differences are small.

lilyball 7y ago
After deleting the bash completion stuff and replacing the verbose description with Guix's, it cut the package from 63 lines down to 36. Deleting the blank lines cut it down to a further 27. For comparison the Guix package (which had no blank lines to begin with) is 35 lines. Here's the trimmed Nix derivation: { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, ncurses, libevent, pkgconfig, makeWrapper }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "tmux"; version = "2.9a"; outputs = [ "out" "man" ]; src = fetchFromGitHub { owner = pname; repo = pname; rev = version; sha256 = "040plbgxlz14q5p0p3wapr576jbirwripmsjyq3g1nxh76jh1ipg"; }; nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ]; buildInputs = [ ncurses libevent makeWrapper ]; meta = { homepage = http://tmux.github.io/; description = "Terminal multiplexer"; longDescription = '' tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached. ''; license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3; platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix; maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ thammers fpletz ]; }; }
- kragen 7y ago
  Nice! I find this a lot more readable than the Scheme, and it certainly contains many fewer tokens; what do you think?
  - emerongi 7y ago
    Guix package definitions were unreadable to me initially, as I had never used Scheme/Lisp before. I've written a couple of them now and the definition above is extremely easy to read. Big part is just formatting & parentheses, I think my eyes just needed a little bit of adjustment time.
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    That looks almost identical to the Scheme one with the only real difference being foo=bar; vs (foo bar). Hardly enough of a difference to change anything "a lot" either way.
  - svd4anything 7y ago
    It’s absolutely more readable.

catalogia 7y ago

I meant both to be examples of the general look and feel of each DSL. They aren't precisely equivalent, but I do think they're illustrative examples of the two DSLs.