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-rw-r--r--guix/gnu-maintenance.scm34
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm b/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
index 8ef7cc7292..1b767f35ac 100644
--- a/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
+++ b/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
@@ -75,16 +75,18 @@
;;; List of GNU packages.
;;;
+(define %gnumaint-base-url
+ "http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/gnumaint/")
+
(define %package-list-url
(string->uri
- (string-append "http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/"
- "viewvc/*checkout*/gnumaint/"
- "gnupackages.txt?root=womb")))
+ (string-append %gnumaint-base-url "gnupackages.txt?root=womb")))
-(define %gsrc-package-list-url
- ;; This file is normally kept in sync with GSRC.
- ;; See <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-04/msg00117.html>.
- (string->uri "http://www.gnu.org/software/gsrc/MANIFEST.rec"))
+(define %package-description-url
+ ;; This file contains package descriptions in recutils format.
+ ;; See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-10/msg00071.html>.
+ (string->uri
+ (string-append %gnumaint-base-url "pkgdescr.txt?root=womb")))
(define-record-type* <gnu-package-descriptor>
gnu-package-descriptor
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@
(logo gnu-package-logo)
(doc-category gnu-package-doc-category)
(doc-summary gnu-package-doc-summary)
- (doc-description gnu-package-doc-description) ; taken from GSRC
+ (doc-description gnu-package-doc-description) ; taken from 'pkgdescr.txt'
(doc-urls gnu-package-doc-urls) ; list of strings
(download-url gnu-package-download-url))
@@ -117,19 +119,19 @@
(loop (recutils->alist port)
(cons alist result)))))
- (define gsrc-description
- (let ((gsrc (read-records (http-fetch %gsrc-package-list-url
- #:text? #t))))
+ (define official-description
+ (let ((db (read-records (http-fetch %package-description-url
+ #:text? #t))))
(lambda (name)
- ;; Return the description found in GSRC for package NAME, or #f.
+ ;; Return the description found upstream for package NAME, or #f.
(and=> (find (lambda (alist)
- (equal? name (assoc-ref alist "Upstream_name")))
- gsrc)
- (cut assoc-ref <> "Blurb")))))
+ (equal? name (assoc-ref alist "package")))
+ db)
+ (cut assoc-ref <> "blurb")))))
(map (lambda (alist)
(let ((name (assoc-ref alist "package")))
- (alist->record `(("description" . ,(gsrc-description name))
+ (alist->record `(("description" . ,(official-description name))
,@alist)
make-gnu-package-descriptor
(list "package" "mundane-name" "copyright-holder"