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Hi,

On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 13:28 +0000, soheil--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix w=
rote:
> Users should be aware of anti-feature of packages.
> It is best to have anti-feature tag in anti-feature packages so that user=
 know
>  which program has anti-features; Like F-Droid. Also, user should be awar=
e of
> anti-feature during installation. And wherever this awareness is needed..=
.
>=20
> An example is Telegram, Telegram is a program that user connects to a
> proprietary server, and users who know less about computer softwares,
> are not aware of the anti-feature.

I'll have to think some more on whether this is something Guix needs, but I
do have a partial concrete implementation proposal:

Packages can have a =E2=80=98properties=E2=80=99 field, e.g. from gnu/packa=
ges/bioconductors.scm:

(define-public r-reactome-db
  (package
    (name "r-reactome-db")
    (version "1.70.0")
    [...]
    (properties `((upstream-name . "reactome.db")))))

Maybe add a =E2=80=98anti-features=E2=80=99 entry field for some packages?
E.g.,

(define-public some-twitter-app
  (package
   (name "tweet")
   [...]
   (properties `((anti-features x y z)))))

x, y and z can be symbols, e.g. based upon from https://f-droid.org/en/docs=
/Anti-Features/

* ads (I don't think any application in Guix has these?)
* tracking (should be patched out if possible)
* non-free-network-services
* non-free-dependencies (probably not allowed in upstream Guix, but maybe i=
n a channel)

The code behind =E2=80=98guix show=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98guix search=E2=80=
=99 would need to
be adjusted to display anti-features, and the =E2=80=98guix install=E2=80=
=99 code
should warn if someone installs a package with anti-features.

Greetings,
Maxime

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On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:28:40PM +0000, soheil--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
> Users should be aware of anti-feature of packages.
> It is best to have anti-feature tag in anti-feature packages so that user know which program has anti-features; Like F-Droid. Also, user should be aware of anti-feature during installation. And wherever this awareness is needed...

I use F-Droid, but I dislike their "anti-feature" messaging. It's not
clear to me that it's an example we should follow.

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On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:28:40PM +0000, soheil--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
> Users should be aware of anti-feature of packages.
> It is best to have anti-feature tag in anti-feature packages so that user know which program has anti-features; Like F-Droid. Also, user should be aware of anti-feature during installation. And wherever this awareness is needed...

I use F-Droid, but I dislike their "anti-feature" messaging. It's not
clear to me that it's an example we should follow.

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Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@HIDDEN> skribis:

> I'll have to think some more on whether this is something Guix needs, but=
 I
> do have a partial concrete implementation proposal:
>
> Packages can have a =E2=80=98properties=E2=80=99 field, e.g. from gnu/pac=
kages/bioconductors.scm:
>
> (define-public r-reactome-db
>   (package
>     (name "r-reactome-db")
>     (version "1.70.0")
>     [...]
>     (properties `((upstream-name . "reactome.db")))))
>
> Maybe add a =E2=80=98anti-features=E2=80=99 entry field for some packages?
> E.g.,
>
> (define-public some-twitter-app
>   (package
>    (name "tweet")
>    [...]
>    (properties `((anti-features x y z)))))
>
> x, y and z can be symbols, e.g. based upon from https://f-droid.org/en/do=
cs/Anti-Features/
>
> * ads (I don't think any application in Guix has these?)
> * tracking (should be patched out if possible)
> * non-free-network-services
> * non-free-dependencies (probably not allowed in upstream Guix, but maybe=
 in a channel)
>
> The code behind =E2=80=98guix show=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98guix search=E2=
=80=99 would need to
> be adjusted to display anti-features, and the =E2=80=98guix install=E2=80=
=99 code
> should warn if someone installs a package with anti-features.

I=E2=80=99m sympathetic with the idea of raising awareness of those
anti-features.  However, I don=E2=80=99t see a clear way we could =E2=80=9C=
define=E2=80=9D each
possible anti-feature; some are definitely ill-defined (for instance, a
service is neither =E2=80=9Cfree=E2=80=9D nor =E2=80=9Cnon-free=E2=80=9D in=
 the same sense as software
can be free or non-free.)  It=E2=80=99s also not entirely clear to me how t=
he UI
could make good use of it.

That said, there are anti-features that we have always patched out in
the past, such as tracking/=E2=80=9Cphoning home=E2=80=9D and auto-upgrades=
.  Perhaps we
could formalize that in our packaging guidelines?

Ludo=E2=80=99.

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