path: root/services/gemma/default.nix

{ stdenv, sbcl, lispPackages, elmPackages, pkgconfig }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "gemma";
  src = ./.;

  buildInputs = with lispPackages; [
    sbcl
    quicklisp
    hunchentoot
    cl-json
    local-time
    elmPackages.elm
    pkgconfig
  ];

  # The build phase has three distinct things it needs to do:
  #
  # 1. "Compile" the Elm source into something useful to browsers.
  #
  # 2. Configure the Lisp part of the application to serve the compiled Elm
  #
  # 3. Build (and don't strip!) an executable out of the Lisp backend.
  buildPhase = ''
    mkdir -p $out/share/gemma $out/bin
    mkdir .home && export HOME="$PWD/.home"

    # Build Elm
    cd frontend
    elm-make --yes Main.elm --output $out/share/gemma/index.html

    # Build Lisp
    cd $src
    quicklisp init
    env GEMMA_BIN_TARGET=$out/bin/gemma sbcl --load build.lisp
  '';

  installPhase = "true";

  # Stripping an SBCL executable removes the application, which is unfortunate.
  dontStrip = true;

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "Tool for tracking recurring tasks";
    homepage    = "https://github.com/tazjin/gemma";
    license     = licenses.gpl3;

    # For the time being, Gemma can not be built because the Lisp build process
    # broke in some way I haven't had time to debug.
    broken = true;
  };
}