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2015-02-26doc: Remove reference to git submodules in HACKING.Mark H Weaver
* HACKING: Remove mention of git submodules.
2014-09-03doc: Mention 'guix lint' and '--list-dependent' in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'guix lint' and 'guix refresh --list-dependent'.
2014-05-11doc: Mention upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Commit Access): Mention upgrades that trigger a lot rebuilds.
2014-03-10doc: Update packaging guidelines.Pierre-Antoine Rault
* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'git send-mail'. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): More details on how to prepare a package module. (Contributing): Add reference to #guix channel on Freenode. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2013-12-07doc: Adjust "Building from Git" instructions.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Building from Git): As a follow-up to ff1cbb9, update the error reported when pkg.m4 is missing. Suggested by John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>.
2013-09-07doc: Add "Data Types and Pattern Matching" to the Coding Style.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Data Types and Pattern Matching): New section.
2013-08-30doc: Add note about .dir-locals.el.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Coding Style): Mention special indentation rules and .dir-locals.el.
2013-08-30doc: Add a "Coding Style" section in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Coding Style): New section.
2013-08-30doc: Remove "Adding new packages" from `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Adding new packages): Remove since it's now in the manual.
2013-08-26doc: Change `HACKING' to refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>. * HACKING: Replace "bug-guix" by "guix-devel".
2013-07-19doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
2013-07-13doc: Add "Building from Git" to 'HACKING'.Nikita Karetnikov
2013-07-07doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
2013-07-07doc: Add a "Porting" section.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the only approach.
2013-06-10doc: Mention copyright/license auditing in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-09doc: Update bootstrap-related info in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-04doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co. (Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections. * doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
2013-02-12doc: Add the commit policy to HACKING.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Commit Access): New section.
2013-01-22doc: Add "The Perfect Setup" in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (The Perfect Setup): New section.
2013-01-21Update 'HACKING'.Nikita Karetnikov
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update the example.
2013-01-18Update `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING: Capitalize the title. (Running Guix before it is installed): New section. (Adding new packages): Update example.
2013-01-08doc: Update porting instructions in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update instructions.
2012-11-21doc: Document basic package definitions.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add introduction. (Defining Packages): Populate.
2012-11-18Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'. * doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places. (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system". * HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
2012-11-04distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).Ludovic Courtès
* distro/packages/base.scm (glibc-dynamic-linker, %bootstrap-guile, bootstrap-origin, package-from-tarball, %bootstrap-base-url, %bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc, %bootstrap-gcc, %bootstrap-inputs, package-with-bootstrap-guile): Move to ... * distro/packages/bootstrap.scm: ... here. New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * tests/builders.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap). (%bootstrap-guile): Remove. * tests/packages.scm: Likewise. * tests/union.scm: Likewise, and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-inputs. * tests/derivations.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap) and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-coreutils&co. * HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update accordingly.
2012-11-04doc: Add "Adding new packages" in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Adding new packages): New section.
2012-10-25doc: Add `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
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