[bug#50054] [PATCH] gnu: Add bgfx

[Andy Tai]

further update

building the examples and the tools from source

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 8:25 PM Andy Tai <lichengtai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> updated patch attached:
>
> directly checking out additional source repos rather than relying on
> git submodule
>
> first attempt at removing "nasty" stuff, removing bx/tools/bin
>
> > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 5:52 AM Leo Prikler
> > <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Am Montag, den 16.08.2021, 05:42 -0700 schrieb Andy Tai:
> > > > Leo, by "nasty stuff" you meant non-free stuff (I doubt if there is
> > > > any in a graphics library but will check), or you meant the embedded
> > > > packages that shall be reference to other packages in guix (if
> > > > packaged already)?   I think the embedded copies of other stuff may
> > > > have local customization that may make it impossible to simply build
> > > > with the existing packages in guix.
> > > Nasty stuff are not only already existing packages, but also outdated
> > > versions thereof.  If there are heavily customized versions or packages
> > > not yet included in Guix, then those can be left in (but with a
> > > remark!), though in the long term it would be better to make those
> > > packages work with upstream versions rather than require specific
> > > tweaking.
> > >
> > > The other thing I already mentioned are binaries, which upstream seems
> > > also aware about, see e.g.
> > > https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx/commit/caed3f91026bf0e703f1eaf6f622e27b820df86c



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