Call for 1.2 installer testing.

Call for 1.2 installer testing.

[Mathieu Othacehe]

Hello,

The 1.2 release is on its way. So here's the traditional call for
installer testing. This time, the CI is building latest installer
images, which should ease testing.

I propose that we first concentrate our efforts on this image:
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/download/654 which corresponds to commit
29a2eb3.

Testing different partitioning schemes on different hardware is really
important to spot issues that our virtualized automated installer tests
would be missing.

Thanks for your help,

Mathieu

[PATCH] installer: Add Emacs EXWM desktop environment. [WAS Re: Call for 1.2 installer testing.]

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

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Mathieu Othacehe writes:

Hi,

> The 1.2 release is on its way. So here's the traditional call for
> installer testing. This time, the CI is building latest installer
> images, which should ease testing.

It works for me; I found Emacs EXWM missing however.  After zenny also
asked about that this morning, I decided to create a patch.

Greetings,
Janneke


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From: "Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:45:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] installer: Add Emacs EXWM desktop environment.
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Suggested by zenny via IRC.

* gnu/installer/services.scm (%system-services): Add emacs, emacs-exwm,
emacs-desktop-environment.
* etc/release-manifest.scm (%system-packages): Likewise.
* gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/installer/newt/services.scm (run-desktop-environments-cbt-page): Make
one entry taller.
---
 etc/release-manifest.scm                     | 2 ++
 gnu/installer/newt/services.scm              | 3 ++-
 gnu/installer/services.scm                   | 6 ++++++
 gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/release-manifest.scm b/etc/release-manifest.scm
index caa200c673..7f54fe8768 100644
--- a/etc/release-manifest.scm
+++ b/etc/release-manifest.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ TARGET."
   (append (map specification->package
                '("xorg-server" "xfce" "gnome" "mate" "enlightenment"
                  "openbox" "awesome" "i3-wm" "ratpoison"
+                 "emacs" "emacs-exwm" "emacs-desktop-environment"
                  "xlockmore" "slock" "libreoffice"
                  "connman" "network-manager" "network-manager-applet"
                  "openssh" "ntp" "tor"
diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/services.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/services.scm
index 4f32d9077b..6d431cb4bb 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/services.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ choose the one to use on the log-in screen.")
      #:items items
      #:selection (map system-service-recommended? items)
      #:item->text system-service-name             ;no i18n for DE names
-     #:checkbox-tree-height 8
+     #:checkbox-tree-height 9
      #:exit-button-callback-procedure
      (lambda ()
        (raise
diff --git a/gnu/installer/services.scm b/gnu/installer/services.scm
index dbac79196d..ec5ea30594 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/services.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@
       (name "ratpoison")
       (packages '((specification->package "ratpoison")
                   (specification->package "xterm"))))
+     (desktop-environment
+      (name "Emacs EXWM")
+      (packages '((specification->package "emacs")
+                  (specification->package "emacs-exwm")
+                  (specification->package "emacs-desktop-environment"))))
 
      ;; Networking.
      (system-service
diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl
index b4037d4f79..8e38095a03 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
 (use-service-modules desktop)
-(use-package-modules bootloaders certs ratpoison suckless wm xorg)
+(use-package-modules bootloaders certs emacs-xyz ratpoison suckless wm xorg)
 
 (operating-system
   (host-name "antelope")
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   (packages (append (list
                      ;; window managers
                      ratpoison i3-wm i3status dmenu
+                     emacs-exwm emacs-desktop-environment
                      ;; terminal emulator
                      xterm
                      ;; for HTTPS access
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Re: [PATCH] installer: Add Emacs EXWM desktop environment. [WAS Re: Call for 1.2 installer testing.]

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Mathieu Othacehe writes:

Hi Mathieu,

>> It works for me; I found Emacs EXWM missing however.  After zenny also
>> asked about that this morning, I decided to create a patch.
>
> Thanks for testing

Using it is real easy, pleasant, and fast.  One thing that I got wrong a
couple of times is to actually select a suggested option while
partitioning, I pressed TAB and RET (like in previous screens), then
selecting the button that is clearly marked EXIT.  Then it tries to
continue with a non-partitioned or badly partitioned drive, which then
may give an unexpected error.

Clearly a user error, not a problem and I also do not have a better
suggestion.  Also, my mistake was very obvious to me later.

> and for the patch!  I think it might be necessary to
> add "emacs-exwm" to "installation-target-os-for-gui-tests" in (gnu tests
> install) module.

Good call.  I verified that the test fails without it..

> To make sure that it's working fine you can run:
>
> make check-system TESTS="gui-installed-os gui-installed-os-encrypted
> gui-installed-desktop-os-encrypted"

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/7xnhrap7xsv2x717yn9wrgisxpppxrmy-emacs-27.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/kkfdhpc81h0f0sz0mj1ayin0sxy7vkmq-emacs-desktop-environment-0.3.0.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/3amvkhwa4jv8fghljgkcvlkpg4mpwc8v-emacs-exwm-0.24.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/q4pxd90hb9mah7cs9r1cjyb2pif1ixmz-emacs-xelb-0.18.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and veried that it passes when I adding them.

> Otherwise, it looks fine.

Thanks, pushed to master as 1197b8b20f4fca4ce03bbc5fa75e18d54e3717c0.

Greetings,
Janneke

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Re: Call for 1.2 installer testing.

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

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Hello,

Here a positive installation experience:

I did my usual bare metal installation of the image linked below on a
ThinkPenguin laptop that has always worked pretty well with Guix.

Ran through the graphical installation, going through configuration
options that have caused problems in the past (Esperanto locale, based
in Brussels, with Neo2 keyboard layout, fully encrypted disk).

The installation proceeded like a charm. Perhaps partly to do with me
now being used to the installer, and having hardware that "just works"
with libre software, but this was super user friendly. And actually also
super fast!

Congratulations and a massive thanks to everyone who's put time and
energy into this!

I can honestly say, with the current state, I would absolutely try a
guix system deployment in the first instance on any laptop I might
consider a GNU\Linux install, and only falling back to Debian if there
are hardware issues.

Very impressed.

Best wishes,

Alex

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> The 1.2 release is on its way. So here's the traditional call for
> installer testing. This time, the CI is building latest installer
> images, which should ease testing.
>
> I propose that we first concentrate our efforts on this image:
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/download/654 which corresponds to commit
> 29a2eb3.
>
> Testing different partitioning schemes on different hardware is really
> important to spot issues that our virtualized automated installer tests
> would be missing.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Mathieu


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