`updateScript` lets us update packages automatically.
For packages that are hosted on the gnome mirror it's very easy to add
that. Inspired by https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36150
It doesn't have to be that complicated with the major and minor versions
being split. We have library functions that handle it fine.
passthru.upateScript can be enabled once #59372 is merged
This allows building Vala without support for Graphviz; useful for more
minimal installs where we don't want to pull it (and transitively,
pango, gd, etc.) in as a dependency.
* pkgs: refactor needless quoting of homepage meta attribute
A lot of packages are needlessly quoting the homepage meta attribute
(about 1400, 22%), this commit refactors all of those instances.
* pkgs: Fixing some links that were wrongfully unquoted in the previous
commit
* Fixed some instances
We are currently carrying a number of vala versions where each version
is essentially just a copy of the earlier version.
This PR gets rid of a ton of duplication and uses a standard builder.
Secondly, we add a definition for the latest vala 0.34.1.
Lastly, we add a generic "vala" that refers to the latest stable
version.
I have tried changing the definitions for "simple-scan" and "valum" to use
the latest vala version and they at least compile OK so I'll try a
massive sed job to replace all the definitions later to simply use the
latest version through "vala" instead of specifying a version directly.
According to upstream:
"Well-maintained packages are expected to always build with the latest
stable Vala version."
Maybe this means that my generic builder is then no longer necessary. Oh well...
I added myself to the maintainer array for vala although I have no
interest in the language - this was purely a nix exercise for me but I
thought it was reasonable to be the one to clean up the mess if this has
side effects...
Cc: @antono and @lethalman
