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Efraim Flashner
03e6404936
doc: 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.
2020-05-28 11:12:40 +03:00
zimoun
ba2104aaa3
doc: Fix typos.
* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos.
* doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos.

Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-05-25 14:46:03 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
1ad5209d90
maint: 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".
2020-05-22 00:35:23 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
a1891cbffb
doc: 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.
2020-05-12 22:10:11 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4a84deda74
doc: Recommend against SHA1 OpenPGP signatures.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Recommend against SHA1
signatures.
2020-05-04 09:56:14 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
84133320b8
doc: Document committer authorization.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add instructions for
authorizing committers.
2020-05-04 09:56:13 +02:00
Leo Famulari
39356057bc
doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package variants.
* doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2
package variants by default.
2020-03-13 19:27:33 -04:00
Vitaliy Shatrov
21656ffa3b
doc: 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>
2020-03-10 20:26:52 +01:00
Jakub Kądziołka
478af02863
doc: 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
2020-03-09 09:34:39 +01:00
Oleg Pykhalov
9a39711438
etc: Add copyright.
* etc/copyright.el: New file.
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document this.
2020-02-22 17:56:31 +03:00
Efraim Flashner
8d1b22b27f
doc: Document packaging guidelines for Rust crates.
* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): New section.
2020-02-18 09:51:44 +02:00
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
c2c73f583d
Use 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.
2020-01-19 06:09:01 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
ef09cb866c
doc: Add a cooptation policy for commit access.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Draft a cooptation policy.
2020-01-09 23:33:04 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
98ebcf1c1b
doc: Encourage patch review.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add note about patch review.
2020-01-09 23:33:04 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
2d315cd428
doc: 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.
2020-01-09 23:33:04 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
a7bde77d24
doc: 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.
2020-01-09 23:33:04 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
b3011dbbd2
doc: Mention "make authenticate".
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add instructions to run
'git verify-commit' and 'make authenticate'.
2019-12-27 13:52:49 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
da31e7d9ec
doc: 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.
2019-12-13 13:31:00 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
9fcf282058
doc: 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.
2019-12-08 16:34:32 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
bf99d7e0e2
doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the
  check list.
2019-12-08 16:32:34 +01:00
zimoun
0758a70cc0
doc: 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>
2019-11-09 23:04:14 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
8ba31e8bd1
doc: Use @lisp instead of @example for Scheme snippets.
This is a followup to f8c143a713, 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.
2019-09-07 18:42:08 +02:00
Florian Pelz
0636742b77
doc: 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>
2019-07-17 15:36:04 +02:00
Arne Babenhauserheide
fb8b99a5f5
doc: note how to install git send-email
* doc/contributing.texi (git send-email): Add install instructions.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2019-07-15 12:48:49 +02:00
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
44b5f28a77
doc: 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.
2019-06-29 06:28:50 +02:00
Giovanni Biscuolo
43ec98ef30
doc: 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>
2019-05-20 23:23:01 +02:00
Efraim Flashner
b28e4e3c0d
doc: 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.
2019-03-24 19:42:24 +02:00
Danny Milosavljevic
89339a35bd
doc: 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>
2019-02-04 17:56:28 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
f73ab814a5
doc: Show how to install Emacs, Guile, and Geiser.
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Show "guix package -i"
command line.
2019-02-04 00:03:30 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
afe7408e19
doc: 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".
2019-01-22 23:04:06 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
0afeb7468c
doc: Replace @command by @code for packages
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Replace @command by @code for
  packages.
2018-12-15 19:21:08 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
024e358cb9
doc: 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".
2018-12-15 00:20:35 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
dc56dc025d
doc: Discourage the use of texlive as input
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Discourage the use of texlive as
  input.
2018-12-14 23:32:39 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
0bc02becca
Remove 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.
2018-12-04 10:57:56 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
bca6396749
doc: 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.
2018-11-16 23:16:05 +01:00
Pierre Neidhardt
4feb589bf4
doc: Add recommendations for good origin URLs.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): URL recommendations.
2018-10-10 18:06:08 +02:00
Arun Isaac
9286c29504
etc: 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.
2018-07-13 12:45:11 +05:30
Ludovic Courtès
0207768fc9
doc: Mention the build environment.
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Add a
note about having the dependencies available.
2018-07-04 14:36:07 +02:00
Marius Bakke
38ab778fbd
doc: Clarify when branches are "frozen".
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Provide a link to Hydra.  Add
section about freezing branches.
2018-06-16 21:35:24 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
75e24d7b0e
pull: 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.
2018-06-09 12:02:27 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
60912a888d
doc: Add tips for Vim users.
* doc/contributing.texi (Formatting Code): Add a paragraph about Vim.
2018-04-27 18:45:02 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
67441b9a6e
doc: 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'.
2018-01-17 15:48:22 -08:00
Ricardo Wurmus
42cdcdff19
etc: 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.
2017-12-15 23:15:32 +01:00
Ricardo Wurmus
308c08d371
doc: Move paragraph about signature verification to the top.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify
cryptographic signatures at the very beginning.
2017-11-08 17:19:45 +01:00
Jan Nieuwenhuizen
4619b59cb4
doc: 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>
2017-09-19 17:17:42 +02:00
Jan Nieuwenhuizen
5a183a1e2b
doc: 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.
2017-09-19 17:17:34 +02:00
Leo Famulari
73a203450d
Revert "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 6a4364335c.
2017-08-07 14:09:49 -04:00
Ludovic Courtès
6a4364335c
doc: 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'.
2017-08-06 00:03:45 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
dbfcadfc30
doc: Show the "git clone" command.
Suggested by Joshua Branson <jbranso91@gmail.com>.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add "git clone" command.
2017-07-20 18:08:00 +02:00
Ricardo Wurmus
8ceffb2f34
doc: Encourage signature verification.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify
cryptographic signatures.
2017-06-25 22:26:08 +02:00