nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/science/math/maxima/default.nix
Bjørn Forsman c9baba9212 Fix many package descriptions
(My OCD kicked in today...)

Remove repeated package names, capitalize first word, remove trailing
periods and move overlong descriptions to longDescription.

I also simplified some descriptions as well, when they were particularly
long or technical, often based on Arch Linux' package descriptions.

I've tried to stay away from generated expressions (and I think I
succeeded).

Some specifics worth mentioning:
 * cron, has "Vixie Cron" in its description. The "Vixie" part is not
   mentioned anywhere else. I kept it in a parenthesis at the end of the
   description.

 * ctags description started with "Exuberant Ctags ...", and the
   "exuberant" part is not mentioned elsewhere. Kept it in a parenthesis
   at the end of description.

 * nix has the description "The Nix Deployment System". Since that
   doesn't really say much what it is/does (especially after removing
   the package name!), I changed that to "Powerful package manager that
   makes package management reliable and reproducible" (borrowed from
   nixos.org).

 * Tons of "GNU Foo, Foo is a [the important bits]" descriptions
   is changed to just [the important bits]. If the package name doesn't
   contain GNU I don't think it's needed to say it in the description
   either.
2014-08-24 22:31:37 +02:00

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{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbcl, texinfo, perl, makeWrapper, rlwrap ? null, tk ? null, gnuplot ? null }:
let
name = "maxima";
version = "5.33.0";
searchPath =
stdenv.lib.makeSearchPath "bin"
(stdenv.lib.filter (x: x != null) [ sbcl rlwrap tk gnuplot ]);
in
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "${name}-${version}";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://sourceforge/${name}/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "13axm11xw0f3frx5b0qdidi7igkn1524fzz77s9rbpl2yy2nrbz2";
};
buildInputs = [sbcl texinfo perl makeWrapper];
postInstall = ''
# Make sure that maxima can find its runtime dependencies.
for prog in "$out/bin/"*; do
wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix PATH ":" "$out/bin:${searchPath}"
done
# Move emacs modules and documentation into the right place.
mkdir -p $out/share/emacs $out/share/doc
ln -s ../maxima/${version}/emacs $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
ln -s ../maxima/${version}/doc $out/share/doc/maxima
'';
# Failures in the regression test suite are not going to abort the
# build process. We run the suite mostly so that potential errors show
# up in the build log. See also:
# <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3365831&group_id=4933&atid=104933>.
doCheck = true;
enableParallelBuilding = true;
meta = {
description = "Computer algebra system";
homepage = "http://maxima.sourceforge.net";
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
longDescription = ''
Maxima is a fairly complete computer algebra system written in
lisp with an emphasis on symbolic computation. It is based on
DOE-MACSYMA and licensed under the GPL. Its abilities include
symbolic integration, 3D plotting, and an ODE solver.
'';
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
};
}