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2024-12-03doc: contributing: Remove --base=autoEkaitz Zarraga
* doc/contributing.texi(Sending a Patch Series): Remove --base=auto from examples Change-Id: Idd421f9d6b592d6a314edfaa66404dee4c1b2241
2024-12-03doc: Explain `git format-patch` revision formatEkaitz Zarraga
* doc/contributing.texi(Sending a Patch Series): Add a note about `git format-patch` revision format and link to git documentation. Change-Id: Ie08f85dc19e3804165fb184664b74e85a804d7c4
2024-12-01guix build: Add ‘--dependents’.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-help, %options): Add ‘--dependents’. (dependents): New procedure. (options->things-to-build): Add ‘store’ parameter; honor ‘dependents’ option. [for-type]: Handle ‘dependents’ type. (options->derivations): Update call to ‘options->things-to-build’. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Additional Build Options): Document ‘--dependents’. (Invoking guix refresh): Cross-reference it. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention it. Change-Id: I00b6d5831e1f1d35dc8b84a82605391d5a8f417c
2024-11-29doc: Add "Contributing to Guix's infrastructure".Ekaitz Zarraga
Use the "Call for contribution to the Guix infrastructure" by Ludovic Courtès to create a section in the documentation that describes how to contribute to the infrastructure. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-05/msg00183.html * doc/contributing.texi (Contributing to Guix's infrastructure): New section. Change-Id: I3f3a99ad884110cc8323789e8c14bec1f7327e97
2024-11-24doc: Fix typos.Florian Pelz
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Use @xref when beginning a sentence. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Likewise. (Invoking guix gc): Add missing words. (Invoking guix pack): Likewise. (Specifying Channel Authorizations): Move period after closing parenthesis. (origin Reference)[git-fetch, git-fetch/lfs]: Add missing optional argument. [svn-reference]: Add missing ‘the’. Change-Id: I8a5e475e928200299117e55274847319eeda8bdb
2024-11-05doc: Explicitly mention --localstatedir and --sysconfdir configure flags.Arun Isaac
Prior to this commit, the terms localstatedir and sysconfdir were used without being defined earlier in this section. This commit clarifies that they are configure flags. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Explicitly mention --localstatedir and --sysconfdir configure flags. Change-Id: I3e6edbbc1f2a342196e732e14257dbdf9a3f4303
2024-11-03doc: Promote “Teams” section.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Teams): Move from subsection of “Submitting Patches” to section of “Contributing”. Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Change-Id: Id21be29380fc981e74a5025b1467eebde8566726
2024-11-03doc: Add “Making Decisions” section.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Making Decisions): New section, with paragraphs moved from… (Commit Access): … here. Cross-reference it. (Teams): Likewise. Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Change-Id: Ib276242e0ec7598a1b60dacdde8647bd3d3b85d3
2024-10-31doc: Fix markup.Florian Pelz
* doc/contributing.texi (Source Tree Structure, Submitting Patches, Translating Guix): Write @command instead of @code when invoking guix. (Submitting Patches): Write @code instead of @command for a field name. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A ``Hello World'' package): Use @xref at the beginning of a sentence. (Auto-Login to a Specific TTY): Remove a space before @pxref. (Basic setup with manifests): Write @ref instead of (@pxref) after ``see''. Change-Id: I1ced2ebc4062b3a80878a7e0eea8f7a3d4baf7da
2024-10-14doc: Define the purpose, membership, and creation of teams.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Teams): Define the purpose of teams; provide example; clarify membership and team creation. (Reviewing the Work of Others): Link to “Teams”. Change-Id: I5d75f69bc4653eb9da9c1d1f920718238ea83b9d
2024-10-12doc: Add “Deprecation Policy” section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Deprecation Policy): New node. (Commit Access): Link to ‘package-removal-policy’. Change-Id: I5d095559920a3d9b791b5d919aab4e2f2a0c2dee
2024-09-01doc: Committers are people.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Use ‘who’. Change-Id: I88304640f8f184f7ec0caae5bb862c7f170c0d79
2024-09-01doc: Add newlines.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Split one trademark Guix megagraph™ into three of your human paragraphs. No other change. Change-Id: Ifd2a9166b1dfe1a22dcd0811044a408325cc22cb
2024-06-26doc: Introduce mumi before referring to it.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs User Interfaces): Introduce mumi in the body of the text rather than a footnote since the “Command-Line Interface” section assumes it has already been introduced. (Command-Line Interface, Emacs Interface): Capitalize titles. Change-Id: I0e87cd48b6158582016734afe71c716c548c1639
2024-06-24doc: Add message for common error about make check-system.Richard Sent
* doc/contributing.texi (Running the Test Suite): Mention that make clean-go may need to be run before running make check-system when previous builds were run with different work trees. Change-Id: I4b68d3a05f1425505816db969284487d725840d6 Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Fixes: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47573.
2024-06-24doc: contributing: Mention 'guix git authenticate'.Simon Tournier
Follow up of 73b3f941d7d911a1b2bb2bf77d37cb3a12ed4291. * doc/contributing.texi (Applying for Commit Access): Update accordingly with the removal of 'make authenticate'. Change-Id: Id945c484f6265c76d4eb803369a7fbd9f797434f Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2024-06-24doc: Fix Reviewed-by format.Tomas Volf
The documentation does not have a space between `e' and `<', which is not how people use it, as can be seen from git log. So adjust the format to match the reality. * doc/contributing.texi (Reviewing the Work of Others): Fix format for Reviewed-by. Change-Id: Ib863536db72b885cf34927323cb4ebc52a8db2ed Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2024-06-12doc: Refer to mumi send-email in Submitting Patches.Arun Isaac
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Refer to mumi send-email. Change-Id: I009cdc306220ef63e6641fac69d3453ab169bfa2
2024-06-12doc: Add mumi CLI concept index entries.Arun Isaac
* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs User Interfaces)[Command-line interface]: Add mumi CLI concept index entries. Change-Id: Ic2e67226c18e87a7360b938476a662aae76dd58e
2024-06-12doc: Document mumi am, compose and www subcommands.Arun Isaac
* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs User Interfaces)[Command-line interface]: Document mumi am, compose and www subcommands. * doc/guix.texi: Bump copyright year. Change-Id: I28bde9454ad35115ed60fe4d6ffa35fad599b2d1
2024-05-25configure.ac: Set default value for the 'prefix' variable.Maxim Cournoyer
The Guix standard configuration uses a localstatedir of /var and a sysconfdir of /etc. To ease things for everyone, make the default values match that standard expected configuration. See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-05/msg00003.html> for a related discussion. * configure.ac: Default $prefix to '' unless already set. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Streamline doc. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Guix environment via direnv): Likewise. Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Change-Id: I23cd12b58a842d246fbc9fdc740311c573eb0212
2024-05-25maint: Suggest ‘guix git authenticate’ for initial authentication.Ludovic Courtès
The previous recommendation, running ‘make authenticate’, was insecure because it led users to run code from the very repository they want to authenticate: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-04/msg00252.html * Makefile.am (commit_v1_0_0, channel_intro_commit) (channel_intro_signer, GUIX_GIT_KEYRING, authenticate): Remove. * Makefile.am (.git/hooks/%): New target, generalization of previous ‘.git/hooks/pre-push’ target. (nodist_noinst_DATA): Add ‘.git/hooks/post-merge’. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Suggest ‘guix git authenticate’ instead of ‘make authenticate’. * etc/git/post-merge: New file. * etc/git/pre-push: Run ‘guix git authenticate’ instead of ‘make authenticate’. Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Reported-by: Skyler Ferris <skyvine@protonmail.com> Change-Id: Ia415aa8375013d0dd095e891116f6ce841d93efd
2024-05-22doc: Make changes to the handling of branches.Christopher Baines
Require that you create a "Request to merge" issue when you create a branch, rather than when you wish to merge it. This should help avoid this step being missed. Also, add information on how to manage these branches: 1. Suggest creating the branch from patches, rather than having a stateful branch, since this should help to reduce complexity and avoid merges. 2. Require that branches don't have unnecessary changes, since this increases the risks of conflicts with other branches. 3. Suggest that the branch not be stateful, and it's just a combination of patches. 4. Suggest avoiding merges since these create a more complicated Git history. 5. Suggest that the branch be up to date before merging, as this helps avoid the combination of master plus the branch differing significantly from the branch alone. 6. Document how to manage branches without commit access. Finally, require that the branch be deleted once they're merged. This prepares for the branch being created again. * doc/contributing.texi (Managing Patches and Branches): Make changes to the handling of branches. Change-Id: Ib9419c6df94f485475bd6f147e82ea254e76cec2
2024-04-26doc: contributing: Move localstatedir instructions.Florian Pelz
* doc/contributing.texi (Requirements): Move localstatedir ... (Building from Git): ... here. Change-Id: I860bb7a9e6aea12881469c667496364248293c31
2024-04-26doc: contributing: Suggest building from Git.Florian Pelz
* doc/contributing.texi (Requirements): Explain the purpose of this section. Refer regular contributors to Building from Git. Change-Id: I731af4ac8e78b053b96a3b683528964223ab740b
2024-04-06doc: Move "Running the Test Suite" after "Building from Git".Matthew Trzcinski
* doc/contributing.texi (doc/guix.texi): Move "Running the Test Suite" after "Building from Git". Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-03/msg00023.html> Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2024-04-06doc: Move "Requirements" before "Building from Git"Matthew Trzcinski
* doc/contributing.texi (doc/guix.texi): Move "Requirements" before "Building from Git". Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-03/msg00023.html> Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2024-04-05doc: Explain to run bootstrap after Automake errors.Florian Pelz
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/70140>. Suggested by Rostislav Svoboda <rostislav.svoboda@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Explain. * doc/guix.texi: Update copyright year. Change-Id: I0cedc60f9ece3ec78df60df54ffeacff545bfc63
2024-03-21doc: Add “Source Tree Structure” section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Source Tree Structure): New node. * doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add cross-reference. Change-Id: I141a1f4d806ae5f72c7a246e18c14dc63056a607
2024-02-03doc: contributing: Remove sentences appearing twice.Simon Tournier
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Remove sentences appearing twice and use @url. Change-Id: I2b0cb9eebc6f9f66147f286c0bdffdf8924ec412
2024-02-02doc: contributing: Fix typo.Simon Tournier
* doc/contributing.texi (Reviewing the Work of Others): Fix typo. Change-Id: I4d3afd4f7e47dbda8a43fdf7f18c7c233d1c8762
2024-02-02doc: Mention the responsibilities that blocking comes with.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that blocking comes with extra responsibilities. Reviewed-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-12-31doc: Use accurate wording in Emacs-Debbugs configuration.Florian Pelz
'M-x debbugs-gnu' does not prompt for which bugs to show. 'C-u M-x debbugs-gnu' would. Follow-up to 19fe24c5b978a16cbca3cddbfa3ab9d1ee2c68f2. * doc/contributing.texi (Viewing Bugs within Emacs): Make comment more accurate. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-12-11doc: suggest using pre-inst-env for git-send-email on foreign distrosRaphaël Mélotte
On foreign distros, not using pre-inst-env when using git-send-email results in a backtrace ending with: no code for module (guix ui) This can be confusing as users did not have to use pre-inst-env to use git-send-email before. * doc/contributing.texi (Sending a Patch Series): add a note to suggest using pre-inst-env when calling git-send-email on foreign distros. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-12-04doc: Recommend building in ‘guix shell -CPW’.Ludovic Courtès
This was prompted by <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66537>, where someone tried to build Guix within ‘guix shell --pure’ on a foreign distro and found that ./configure would pick software from the host system. Suggested by Hiep Pham <hiepph9@proton.me>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Recommend ‘guix shell -CPW’. Change-Id: I7694b482d982917fef6ec404f68ddacea761f482
2023-11-20doc: contributing: Fix syntax in link.Ekaitz Zarraga
* doc/contributing.texi(Alternative Setups)[Vim and Neovim]: Fix broken link to fugitive.vim. Change-Id: Ib86239d98c39383169a9cdebc7549477b648206e Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
2023-11-07doc: Document extra Emacs-Debbugs configurations.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Viewing Bugs within Emacs): Document debbugs-gnu-default-packages, debbugs-gnu-default-severities. (Debbugs User Interfaces): Likewise, and mention debbugs-gnu-guix-search. Suggested-by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> Change-Id: I8e9026bc394b0cf674c8498ca713c332e48c2700
2023-11-07doc: Expound on the build-side versus host-side modules topic.Maxim Cournoyer
Discussed in <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65924#98-lineno27>. * doc/contributing.texi (Modules): Add new context indices, and provide a real-life counter-example, and its ramifications. Reported-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Change-Id: I06975fb24f0d67c833884313a727dc550f61d8a0
2023-11-07doc: Add some guidelines for reviewing.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Contributing) [Reviewing the Work of Others]: New section. (Debbugs Usertags): Expound with Emacs Debbugs information and document the 'reviewed-looks-good' usertag. * etc/git/gitconfig [b4]: New section. Change-Id: I56630b15ec4fbc5c67e5420dbf2838556a005d6b Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-11-07doc: Update URL of Mumi git repository.Ricardo Wurmus
* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs User Interfaces): Use new repository URL. Change-Id: Ieccf34be8a103740607d8c115120902dc687d4e7
2023-11-05doc: contributing: Replace reference to dunst.scm.Jaeme Sifat
The contributing documentation makes a reference to dunst.scm as an example of the build process failing after an update. This patch replaces that reference with a much more permanent linux.scm. * doc/contributing.texi: Replace reference to dunst.scm. Change-Id: I89a4157eb253e25979bc35d6d3b12201a0d19951 Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
2023-11-01doc: contributiong: Fix ref usage.Julien Lepiller
Previous usage renders as "see See Teams". * doc/contributing.texi: Fix ref usage. Change-Id: I97a91697ecb87d07cc3c962a79d87dd290a70a7c
2023-10-23doc: Document Cuirass build notifications.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Changes) <Cuirass Build Notifications>: New subsection. Change-Id: Icead24ec18cd4511ee6217aae3c1d11ec552a9c7 Reviewed-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2023-10-22build: Add a commit-msg hook that embeds Change-Id in commit messages.Maxim Cournoyer
Partially implements <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66027>. This will make it possible to track a merged commit back to its original posting on the mailing list, and open the door to new opportunities such as closing fully merged series automatically. * Makefile.am (COMMIT_MSG_MAGIC): New variable. (.git/hooks/commit-msg): New target. * etc/git/commit-msg: New file. * doc/contributing.texi (Configuring Git): Document Change-Id. Series-changes: 3 - Clarify documentation text, as suggested by Simon Change-Id: Ia92fa958eae600fdd4e180bad494c85db8bb4dd6 Reviewed-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: Suggest keeping record type descriptors private.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Data Types and Pattern Matching): Add paragraph about keeping RTDs private. Suggested-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: Update bug-reference configuration snippet.Mekeor Melire
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup) <Viewing Bugs within Emacs>: Make bug-reference-bug-regexp match more URLs based on issues.guix.gnu.org. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: contributing: Add alternative setups section.Ekaitz Zarraga
Start with Guile Studio and Vim/NeoVim. * doc/contributing.texi (Alternative Setups): Add section explaining other setups that are similar to the one in The Perfect Setup. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
2023-09-26doc: Update bug-reference configuration snippet.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup) <Viewing Bugs within Emacs>: Properly quote Elisp functions. Add 'require' directives. Set BUG-REFERENCE-URL-FORMAT so the configuration is self-contained. Suggested-by: Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de>
2023-09-25doc: Add new 'Circular Module Dependencies' section.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Circular Module Dependencies): New subsection. Series-version: 2 Series-to: 65860@debbugs.gnu.org Patch-cc: mhw@netris.org Cover-letter: Resolve a circular module dependencies in embedded modules This series is the culmination of at least a day of effort tracking down the source of a module dependency cycle (!). The last commit adds some guidelines in the hope to avoid a repeat (perhaps 'lint' could be taught to automate these checks). END
2023-09-22doc: contributing: Clarify generating the pre-inst-env script.Efraim Flashner
Lack of clarity reported by lrustland on IRC. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Refer to the Building from Git section when giving instructions for generating the pre-inst-env script.
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