Re: Blog: Guix packaging tutorial

[Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net>]

Hi Pierre,

Maybe it really falls outside of the scope of this packaging tutorial
since some of it is not about creating packages per se but about how to
submit them....

...But I was thinking about something a bit like Pjotr's list, though
with a bit more detail. (E.g. things like using `git format-patch' to
create patches for submission.) 

But in retrospect, maybe this would be better as a separate post.

cheers,
   —Ben



On 2018-10-08T17:05:54-0600, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:

 > Hi Ben!

 > I've sent two versions so far and I'm going to send the final version just now.

 > As for the checklists: hmm... Which steps do you have in mind?  The trick is
 > that the is little to repeat once the Git checkout has been set up.
 > Pjotr has a checklist however, let me know what you think:

 > From https://gitlab.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/HACKING.org:

 > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
 > Workflow for packaging

 > The general workflow for adding and maintaining packages is a bit
 >   complex. Everything goes via de guix-dev mailing list and includes a
 >   review process which can be discouraging and is more geared towards
 >   reviewers than towards newbies. This should not discourage you because
 >   GNU Guix is great. Note that the reviewers do this work voluntarily
 >   and most ‘rules’ have been agreed by the community. In the end your
 >   labours will get rewarded. So, how to start?

 >  1 - Work on a recent git checkout of guix
 >  2 - Use ‘guix import’ if you can (e.g. for python and R modules)
 >  3 - Build the package yourself
 >  4 - If tests are there, make sure they pass
 >  5 - Test your work with ‘guix lint’
 >  6 - Create a patch as described above
 >  7 - Send it to debbugs as described above
 >  8 - Submit one patch at a time and submit the next one when it goes in
 >  9 - Be patient, review can take a while - monitor debbugs
 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

 > I'm not sure those are exactly steps, while some items actually belong the
 > manual's check list "(guix) Submitting Patches".

 > Opinions?

 > --
 > Pierre Neidhardt
 > https://ambrevar.xyz/


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