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2021-04-04doc: Remind developers to build Guix....The previous instructions were correct, but we got too many bug reports with a root cause of "did not build Guix yet". Other parts of the manual already instruct `make && make check`, so this makes the treatment of building Guix more consistent, too. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Instruct the user to run `make` when building Guix. Leo Famulari
2021-04-01doc: Discourage ambiguous package names....* doc/contributing.texi (Package Naming): Explicitly mention single-character and otherwise ambiguous names. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-03-18doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers....For more context, see the discussion in <https://bugs.gnu.org/47111>. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add paragraph about removing inactive committers. Leo Famulari
2021-03-15services/qemu-binfmt: Use the F flag and the static output of QEMU....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/36117>. Before this change, the 'binfmt_misc' entries registered for QEMU would not be usable in container contexts outside of guix-daemon (without manually bind mounting file names). For example: $ docker run --rm arm32v7/debian true standard_init_linux.go:207: exec user process caused "no such file or directory" After this change, any container can make use of the QEMU binfmt_misc registrations, as their corresponding QEMU static binaries are fully pre-loaded by the kernel. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-platform>): Define using 'define-record-type*'. [flags]: New field, which defaults to "F" (fix binary). (%i386, %i486, %alpha, %arm, %armeb, %sparc, %sparc32plus, %ppc, %ppc64) (%ppc64le, %m68k, %mips, %mipsel, %mipsn32, %mipsn32el, %mips64, %mips64el) (%riscv32, %riscv64, %sh4, %sh4eb, %s390x, %aarch64, %hppa): Adjust. (qemu-binfmt-guix-chroot): Remove variable. (qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove the qemu-binfmt-guix-chroot extension. * gnu/services/qemu-binfmt (qemu-platform->binfmt): Use the static output of QEMU. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Update doc. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Update doc. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-03-10doc: Fix grammar....* doc/contributing.texi (Package Naming): Fix grammar. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-02-13doc: Try again to the improve the branching workflow....This is a followup to commit 175bea0ca42dba3e02109820efae0cac2804e73b. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Distill the workflow to its essence. Leo Famulari
2021-02-11doc: Try to improve the branching workflow....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Introduce the use of "-frozen" branch names. Leo Famulari
2021-01-29doc: Update guidance about Rust package naming....* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): Explain versions suffix based on packages version and Crate "caret" versioning. Hartmut Goebel
2021-01-20doc: Replace TP with Weblate mentions....* doc/contributing.texi: Replace link to TP with a link to Weblate. * doc/guix.texi: Replace link to TP with a link to Weblate. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi: Replace link to TP with a link to Weblate. Julien Lepiller
2021-01-03doc: Running Guix Before It Is Installed: mention ./bootstrap...* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Instruct user to run ./bootstrap before ./configure. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net> Rovanion Luckey
2020-12-17doc: Emacs Packages: Fix typos....* doc/contributing.texi (Emacs Packages): Fix typo. Also remove spurious white space, and unnecessary quote. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-12-17doc: Add Emacs packaging guidelines....* doc/contributing.texi (Emacs Packages): New subsection. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-12-14doc: Note different texlive-tiny & texline-union natures....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add ‘package’ and ‘procedure’. Inspired-by: Jorge P. de Morais Neto Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-12-14doc: Link to "Pattern Matching" in Guile....* doc/contributing.texi (Data Types and Pattern Matching): Link to the "Pattern Matching" node of the Guile manual. Ludovic Courtès
2020-11-12maint: update-guix-package: Optionally add sources to store....Following discussions in <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43893>, keeping a copy of the updated package source is desirable when generating a release. * build-aux/update-guix-package.scm (version-controlled?): Remove variable. (call-with-temporary-git-worktree): Renamed from 'with-temporary-git-worktree'. Update doc. Do not change directory implicitly. Define as a procedure, not a syntax. (keep-source-in-store): New procedure. (main): Adjust to use with call-with-temporary-git-worktree. Add the sources to the store when GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT is set. Exit gracefully when FIND-ORIGIN-REMOTE returns #f. (%savannah-guix-git-repo-push-url-regexp): Adjust match for a potential colon separator. * Makefile.am (GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT): Adjust. * .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode): Remove entry for with-temporary-git-worktree. * doc/contributing.texi (Updating the Guix Package): Update doc. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Maxim Cournoyer
2020-10-24build: Add GUIX_GIT_KEYRING variable for make authenticate....* Makefile.am (GUIX_GIT_KEYRING): New variable. (authenticate): Use GUIX_GIT_KEYRING to select the keyring branch reference. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add an example about the use of GUIX_GIT_KEYRING. Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-20doc: More uses of @lisp instead of @example....* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Use @lisp for 'let-system' example. * doc/contributing.texi (Synopses and Descriptions): Use @lisp for second example. Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-19maint: update-guix-package: Prevent accidentally breaking guix pull....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43893>. This changes the 'update-guix-package' tool so that it: 1. Always uses a clean checkout to compute the hash of the updated 'guix' package. 2. Ensures the commit used in the updated 'guix' package definition has already been pushed upstream. * build-aux/update-guix-package.scm (%savannah-guix-git-repo-push-url): New variable. (with-input-pipe-to-string, with-temporary-git-worktree): New syntaxes. (find-origin-remote, git-add-worktree): New procedures. (commit-already-pushed?): New predicate. (main): Check the commit used has already been pushed upstream and compute the hash from a clean checkout. * doc/contributing.texi (Updating the Guix Package): Document it. * .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode): Fix indentation of with-temporary-git-worktree. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-10-08doc: Clarify that guix-daemon doesn't have to be launched from the checkout....Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Move the "./pre-inst-env guix-daemon" snippet at the bottom. Make it clear that it's necessary only when hacking on guix-daemon or when guix-daemon is not already running. Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-08doc: Developers don't need to run "make install" in Guix....Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention that running "make install" is unnecessary. Ludovic Courtès
2020-09-18doc: Fix broken hyperlinks in the contribution instructions....* doc/contributing.texi (Packaging Guidelines, Submitting Patches): Change URLs from relative to absolute links. Greg Hogan
2020-09-12doc: Document the use of snippets vs phases....* doc/contributing.texi (Snippets versus phases): New section. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-08-27doc: Improve the instructions regarding `guix git authenticate`....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Instruct the user to fetch the 'keyring' branch. Fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> Joshua Branson
2020-07-23doc: Recommend running 'guix git authenticate' when cloning the repo....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Adjust instruction and recommend 'guix git authenticate'. Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-09doc: Fix typo....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Fix spelling & placement of ‘additionally’. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-06-20doc: Make issues.guix.gnu.org more visible....* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): Make issues.guix.gnu.org more visible, update issue URL. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16doc: Recommend "make authenticate" after ./bootstrap....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Move "make authenticate" instructions below. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-14doc: Adjust branching and rebuilding strategy to match reality....The amount of packages has more than tripled since this section was written. Adjust the rebuild limits and cycle lengths based on current practices. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Increase 'staging' rebuild limit to 1800 packages, and adjust the cycle to six weeks. Increase 'core-updates' cycle to six months. Marius Bakke
2020-05-28doc: Remove explicit support for mips64el-linux....It's been a good run, but no one is maintaining the architecture. So long, and thanks for all the fish. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change text for mips64el-linux to denote it is deprecated. (Daemon Offload Setup): Change occurrences of mips64el-linux to aarch64-linux and adjust local code snippets. (Guix Environment)[cross-compilation]: Change mips64el-linux-gnu to aarch64-linux-gnu. (GNU Build System)(package-cross-derivation]: Same. (G-Expressions)[cross compilation]: Same. (Additional Build Options)[cross-compilation, build logs]: Same. (qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove mips64el. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Same. * m4/guix.m4: (GUIX_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_SYSTEM): Remove mips64el-linux. Efraim Flashner
2020-05-25doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos. * doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> zimoun
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
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