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Subject: Re: New to Guix
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:30:28 +0200
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Hi!

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

> I finally found some time to test-install Guix and so far I like what
> I have seen. I had been playing with Nix in the past, so much of Guix
> is not completely new to me, and Scheme instead of Nix+bash is a
> welcome relief ;-)

Heh, welcome!  :-)

> I will probably write a couple of package definitions in the course of
> my further explorations, so I wonder how to contribute them to the
> project. Is it OK to post them to this mailing list?

Yes, at least at the beginning.  The =E2=80=98HACKING=E2=80=99 file has mor=
e info
regarding commit access and our policy.

> I also wonder if there are any conditions as to what software is
> acceptable for the package collection. From a quick look at what's
> there already, it seems everything with a reasonably free license is
> welcome. Did I guess right?

Exactly.  We package only free software, as per the broad definition
that can be found at <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>.

Since you=E2=80=99re already familiar with Nix already, you may like the =
=E2=80=98guix
import=E2=80=99 command (only briefly mentioned in the manual).  For instan=
ce,
you can run:

  guix import /path/to/nixpkgs foo

and that will import and convert the Nixpkgs definition for =E2=80=98foo=E2=
=80=99 to Guix.

However, please make sure to check the license information.

Happy hacking!

Ludo=E2=80=99.