From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brett Gilio Subject: Re: Deliver important Guix changes to users, please Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:15:32 -0500 Message-ID: <875zrdep7v.fsf@posteo.net> References: <8736mjo29k.fsf@gnu.org> <874l6ysixg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33481) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGTYc-0006w9-MO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:15:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGTYb-0001xf-T3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:15:50 -0400 Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:37107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hGTYb-0001wo-JJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:15:49 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE7DB160060 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:15:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 44kFSx4V60z6tmM for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:15:45 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <874l6ysixg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Amin Bandali writes: > Hi Ludo=E2=80=99, all, > > On 2019-04-15 2:56 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > > [...] > >> >> =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99 already provides high-level =E2=80=9Cpackage= news=E2=80=9D, but I agree it=E2=80=99d >> be nice to have a way to convey =E2=80=9Csystem news=E2=80=9D and perhap= s free-form >> messages like Debian=E2=80=99s change logs. >> >> I suppose we could use some specially-formatted Git commits to pass >> messages to users. I=E2=80=99m afraid it would be hard to get those mes= sages >> translated. >> >> Thoughts? >> > > That=E2=80=99s an interesting idea. Another alternative, perhaps, could = be > having a =E2=80=9Cnews=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cbreaking changes=E2=80=9D sec= tion/topic on the Guix blog, > ideally with a dedicated atom feed, where one could follow changes with > drastic change in system and/or package behaviour, or ones potentially > requiring a manual intervention of sorts. Both Parabola and Hyperbola > have that section on their website, with latest news shown on the front > page. > > Thoughts? > > Best, > amin I second this idea.