From: Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
To: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Agreeing on some "rules" for packaging.
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:31:23 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738puyddw.fsf@karetnikov.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <521D1E38.9090604@gmail.com> (Cyril Roelandt's message of "Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:46:32 +0200")
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> At the GHM, a Fedora hacker (whose name I forgot) suggested that it
> might be time for us to write down some "rules" as to how packaging
> should be done.
Do they have such rules?
> For instance, Andreas suggested that patches should only be used if we
> think they might be applied upstream, thus keeping the patches/
> directory as small as possible; modifications specific to Guix should
> be written in Scheme.
I agree.
> I would also like to define a standard way to order the "#:use-module"
> at the beginning of each file, and agree on other "cosmetic" rules.
I don’t think that the order is very important. Sometimes I order them
alphabetically or based on the use of the functions, or group the
related ones. Would you like to propose a similar set of rules for the
DSL itself?
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-27 21:46 Agreeing on some "rules" for packaging Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-27 22:31 ` Nikita Karetnikov [this message]
2013-08-28 6:29 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-28 12:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 18:32 ` Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-28 20:56 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-28 22:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 22:37 ` Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-29 8:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 21:59 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-31 9:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-31 10:00 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-31 10:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 20:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 18:15 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-30 19:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 21:09 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-30 21:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 21:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-09-07 8:20 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-09-07 8:36 ` Andreas Enge
2013-09-07 13:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
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