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2020-05-22maint: Add "make check-channel-news"....* build-aux/check-channel-news.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. (check-channel-news): New phony rule. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention "make check-channel-news". Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-12doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add branch name in the title of a patch if different than master. Brice Waegeneire
2020-05-04doc: Recommend against SHA1 OpenPGP signatures....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Recommend against SHA1 signatures. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-04doc: Document committer authorization....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add instructions for authorizing committers. Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-13doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package variants....* doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2 package variants by default. Leo Famulari
2020-03-10doc: Use HTTPS for external links....* doc/contributing.texi (14.1 Building from Git, 14.3 The Perfect Setup, 14.4.1 Software Freedom, 14.4.4 Synopses and Descriptions, 14.5.4 Formatting Code): Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it. * doc/fdl-1.3.texi (Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License): Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it. * doc/guix.texi (6.3 Build Systems, 8.8.4 Networking Services, 8.8.8 Sound Services, 8.8.16 Web Services, 8.11 Name Service Switch, 12.2 Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries); Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> Vitaliy Shatrov
2020-03-09doc: Use an https link for Contributor Covenant....* doc/contributing.texi: Switch to https for the link to contributor-covenant.org Reported-By: guix-vits on IRC Jakub Kądziołka
2020-02-22etc: Add copyright....* etc/copyright.el: New file. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document this. Oleg Pykhalov
2020-02-18doc: Document packaging guidelines for Rust crates....* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): New section. Efraim Flashner
2020-01-19Use HTTPS for www.emacswiki.org....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Use HTTPS for ParEdit wiki page. * gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-wget, emacs-iedit)[home-page]: Use HTTPS. (emacs-transpose-frame)[source]: Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-01-09doc: Add a cooptation policy for commit access....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Draft a cooptation policy. Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-09doc: Encourage patch review....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add note about patch review. Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-09doc: Move "Commit Access" section from 'HACKING' to the manual....* HACKING (Commit Access): Remove. (Contributing): Update URL of the manual. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): New section. (Submitting Patches): Add cross reference. Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-09doc: Add "Tracking Bugs and Patches" section....* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): New section. (Submitting Patches): Refer to it. * doc/guix.texi: Update copyright line. * HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Remove. Ludovic Courtès
2019-12-27doc: Mention "make authenticate"....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add instructions to run 'git verify-commit' and 'make authenticate'. Ludovic Courtès
2019-12-13doc: Link to "Building from Git" instead of quoting command to build Guix....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remove example. Add link to "Building from Git" section. Pierre Neidhardt
2019-12-08doc: Mention how to simulate a `guix pull' before submitting patches....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention the dummy guix pull command in the check list. Pierre Neidhardt
2019-12-08doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the check list. Pierre Neidhardt
2019-11-09doc: Mention value /var to localstatedir option....* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Mention value /var to localstatedir option. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2019-09-07doc: Use @lisp instead of @example for Scheme snippets....This is a followup to f8c143a7131d6f40f387f4cd2ad1fa78b5e2f429, which allows syntax highlighting of @lisp snippets in the HTML output. * doc/guix.texi, doc/contributing.texi: Use @lisp instead of @example for all the Scheme snippets. Ludovic Courtès
2019-07-17doc: Reorder and clarify contributing instructions....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git, Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Make instructions using Guix come first and clarify which code is an instruction and which is merely an example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Florian Pelz
2019-07-15doc: note how to install git send-email...* doc/contributing.texi (git send-email): Add install instructions. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-06-29doc: Remove references to hydra.gnu.org....* doc/contributing.texi (Packaging Guidelines, Submitting Patches): Replace hydra URL with @value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}. * doc/guix.texi (Official Substitute Server): Remove ‘hydra’ @cindex. (Substitute Server Authorization): Remove note about hydra.gnu.org.pub. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-05-20doc: use pure environment when building from git...* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add --pure to "guix environment" invocations Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-03-24doc: Remove instances of powerpc-linux being a supported Guix architecture....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remove powerpc-linux examples. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Replace powerpc-linux example with mips64el-linux. Efraim Flashner
2019-02-04doc: Document how to enable qemu binfmt service and how to use it....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Document how to enable qemu binfmt service and how to use it. Co-authored-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> Danny Milosavljevic
2019-02-04doc: Show how to install Emacs, Guile, and Geiser....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Show "guix package -i" command line. Ludovic Courtès
2019-01-22doc: Move "Packaging Guidelines" under "Contributing"....* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): Move to... * doc/contributing.texi (Packaging Guidelines): ... here. Turn into a section. Adjust references to "Contributing". Ludovic Courtès
2018-12-15doc: Replace @command by @code for packages...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Replace @command by @code for packages. Pierre Neidhardt
2018-12-15doc: Merge "discourage use of texlive" with existing paragraph on "guix size"...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Merge "discourage use of texlive" with existing paragraph on "guix size". Pierre Neidhardt
2018-12-14doc: Discourage the use of texlive as input...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Discourage the use of texlive as input. Pierre Neidhardt
2018-12-04Remove most references to hydra.gnu.org....* Makefile.am (assert-binaries-available): Don't mention hydra.gnu.org in comment. * build-aux/check-available-binaries.scm: Likewise. * build-aux/check-final-inputs-self-contained.scm: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (SUBSTITUTE-SERVER): New variable. Use it throughout instead of "mirror.hydra.gnu.org". * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Likewise. * gnu/services/base.scm (hydra-key-authorization) (guix-activation): Remove mentions of "hydra.gnu.org" in comments and messages. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Likewise. * guix/scripts/size.scm (guix-size): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2018-11-16doc: Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated....Suggested by swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Mention that ./pre-inst-env is generated. Ludovic Courtès
2018-10-10doc: Add recommendations for good origin URLs....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): URL recommendations. Pierre Neidhardt
2018-07-13etc: snippets: Add guix-commit-message-use-https-home-page....* etc/snippets/text-mode/guix-commit-message-use-https-home-page: New file. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document new snippet. Arun Isaac
2018-07-04doc: Mention the build environment....* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Add a note about having the dependencies available. Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-16doc: Clarify when branches are "frozen"....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Provide a link to Hydra. Add section about freezing branches. Marius Bakke
2018-06-09pull: Install the new Guix in a profile....* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%pull-version): New variable. (build-from-source): Pass #:pull-version to BUILD. (whole-package-for-legacy, derivation->manifest-entry): New procedure. (build-and-install): Rewrite in terms of 'build-and-use-profile'. * guix/scripts/system.scm (maybe-suggest-running-guix-pull)[latest]: Switch to "/current". * scripts/guix.in (augment-load-paths!): Remove use of ~/.config/guix/latest. * build-aux/compile-as-derivation.scm: Replace "/guix/latest/" with "/current/share/guile/site/X.Y" * guix/scripts.scm (warn-about-old-distro)[age]: Check "/current" instead of "/latest". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Remove footnote about abusing ~/.config/guix/latest. Ludovic Courtès
2018-04-27doc: Add tips for Vim users....* doc/contributing.texi (Formatting Code): Add a paragraph about Vim. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-17doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'....Suggested by Martin H. <maze@strahlungsfrei.de>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Suggest 'sudo -E'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-15etc: Add snippets....* etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-cvs-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-git-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-hg-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-origin, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-package, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-svn-reference, etc/snippets/text-mode/guix-commit-message-add-package, etc/snippets/text-mode/guix-commit-message-update-package: New files. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document snippets. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-11-08doc: Move paragraph about signature verification to the top....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify cryptographic signatures at the very beginning. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-09-19doc: Add a note about closing bug threads....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add a note about closing bug threads by mailing to NNN-done@debbugs.gnu.org. Suggested-by: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2017-09-19doc: Add "Sending a Patch Series" subsection....Searching for `git send-email' took you to the end of `Submitting Patches' section which said You may use your email client or the ‘git send-email’ command. without further warning or remark. * doc/contributing.texi (Sending a Patch Series): Move information about debbugs bug 15361 to subsection. Add git-send-email index entries. (Submitting Patches): Reference it. Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2017-08-07Revert "doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'."...This change might not correct, so we revert it for now: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00057.html This reverts commit 6a4364335c967f841b53ed35c22f90445437e4b0. Leo Famulari
2017-08-06doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'....Suggested by Martin H. <maze@strahlungsfrei.de>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Suggest 'sudo -E'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-20doc: Show the "git clone" command....Suggested by Joshua Branson <jbranso91@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add "git clone" command. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-25doc: Encourage signature verification....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify cryptographic signatures. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-05-13doc: Document the branching and rebuild scheduling strategy....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Document the branching scheme. Ludovic Courtès
2017-05-04doc: Add references to Emacs-Guix manual....* doc/htmlxref.cnf: Add links to the real manual. * doc/contributing.texi (Formatting Code): Add reference to it. * doc/guix.texi (Package Management): Likewise. Alex Kost
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