[bug#45721] Telegram Desktop (v9)

[Raghav Gururajan]

Hi Leo!

> Again, you can (define gpl2+ license:gpl2+) at the start of the module,
> so that existing definitions can be kept the same, but your packages
> adhere to the license: style.

Updated in v12, as per discussed in IRC.

> Use full commit hashes please.

Updated in v12.

> Perhaps, but it seems kinda weird, that this package gets special
> treatment in how we accept anything else it might pull in.

There are existing packages in guix that uses recursive. But your 
concern is valid. May be we can update git-fetch in guix to have an 
option for fetching only specific/mentioned sub-modules.

> I don't particularly agree with the way this has been solved in v10.
> Do we really need to keep around custom forks and old versions?  Can we
> not instead patch tg_owt?

The situation is same as with tg_owt. They made custom changes in the 
fork. Like unique foo::bar.

Regards,
RG.