Re: Doc: reference to guix-devel for submitting patches

[Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>]

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Hi Chris,

On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:48:15 -0700
Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, this wording is unclear.  It could be interpreted as an invitation
> to send bug reports and patches to guix-devel@, which is not quite
> right.
> 
> On related note, I see there is a section on submitting patches ((guix)
> Submitting Patches), but there is no similar, dedicated, section on
> submitting bugs (i.e., to bug-guix).
> 
> >
> > And here,
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Packaging-Guidelines.html#Packaging-Guidelines
> > the user is referred to the Contributing node.  
> >> Once your package builds correctly, please send us a patch (see
> >> Contributing).  
> >
> > I think at least one of the latter two nodes could use an update to better
> > inform the soon-to-be-contributor that patches should go to guix-patches.
> > Not sure what the better fix is though.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >  
> 
> Seems to me like we should clarify the wording in the "Contributing"
> section.  And maybe we should add a "Submitting Bug Reports"
> sub-section, similar to the "Submitting Patches" one.
> 
> Do you think you could try your hand at writing this?
> 

Alright, I'll give it a go. Will post to guix-patches then.

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