| Age | Commit message (Expand) | Author |
|---|
| 2020-07-23 | doc: Recommend running 'guix git authenticate' when cloning the repo....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Adjust instruction and
recommend 'guix git authenticate'.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-07-09 | doc: Fix typo....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Fix spelling & placement of ‘additionally’.
| Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
| 2020-06-20 | doc: 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 |
| 2020-06-16 | doc: Recommend "make authenticate" after ./bootstrap....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Move "make authenticate"
instructions below.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-06-14 | doc: 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 |
| 2020-05-28 | 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.
| Efraim Flashner |
| 2020-05-25 | doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos.
* doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos.
Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
| zimoun |
| 2020-05-22 | 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".
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-05-12 | 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.
| Brice Waegeneire |
| 2020-05-04 | doc: Recommend against SHA1 OpenPGP signatures....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Recommend against SHA1
signatures.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-05-04 | doc: Document committer authorization....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add instructions for
authorizing committers.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-03-13 | doc: Update guidance about Python 2 package variants....* doc/contributing.texi (Python Modules): Don't recommend adding Python-2
package variants by default.
| Leo Famulari |
| 2020-03-10 | 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>
| Vitaliy Shatrov |
| 2020-03-09 | 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
| Jakub Kądziołka |
| 2020-02-22 | etc: Add copyright....* etc/copyright.el: New file.
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document this.
| Oleg Pykhalov |
| 2020-02-18 | doc: Document packaging guidelines for Rust crates....* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): New section.
| Efraim Flashner |
| 2020-01-19 | 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.
| Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
| 2020-01-09 | doc: Add a cooptation policy for commit access....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Draft a cooptation policy.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-01-09 | doc: Encourage patch review....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add note about patch review.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-01-09 | 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.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2020-01-09 | 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.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2019-12-27 | doc: Mention "make authenticate"....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add instructions to run
'git verify-commit' and 'make authenticate'.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2019-12-13 | 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.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2019-12-08 | 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.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2019-12-08 | doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the
check list.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2019-11-09 | 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>
| zimoun |
| 2019-09-07 | doc: 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 |
| 2019-07-17 | 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>
| Florian Pelz |
| 2019-07-15 | 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>
| Arne Babenhauserheide |
| 2019-06-29 | 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.
| Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
| 2019-05-20 | 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>
| Giovanni Biscuolo |
| 2019-03-24 | 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.
| Efraim Flashner |
| 2019-02-04 | 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>
| Danny Milosavljevic |
| 2019-02-04 | doc: Show how to install Emacs, Guile, and Geiser....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Show "guix package -i"
command line.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2019-01-22 | 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".
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-12-15 | doc: Replace @command by @code for packages...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Replace @command by @code for
packages.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2018-12-15 | 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".
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2018-12-14 | doc: Discourage the use of texlive as input...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Discourage the use of texlive as
input.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2018-12-04 | 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.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-11-16 | 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.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-10-10 | doc: Add recommendations for good origin URLs....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): URL recommendations.
| Pierre Neidhardt |
| 2018-07-13 | 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.
| Arun Isaac |
| 2018-07-04 | doc: Mention the build environment....* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Add a
note about having the dependencies available.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-06-16 | doc: Clarify when branches are "frozen"....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Provide a link to Hydra. Add
section about freezing branches.
| Marius Bakke |
| 2018-06-09 | 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.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-04-27 | doc: Add tips for Vim users....* doc/contributing.texi (Formatting Code): Add a paragraph about Vim.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2018-01-17 | 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'.
| Ludovic Courtès |
| 2017-12-15 | 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.
| Ricardo Wurmus |
| 2017-11-08 | doc: 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 |
| 2017-09-19 | 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>
| Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
