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From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: Blog: Guix packaging tutorial
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:13:10 +0200
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Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:

>> This LGTM except ... the first paragraphs (quoted below) are an
>> advertisement. This is out of place in a tutorial. So, IMO, they should
>> simply be removed.
>
> It's a tutorial addressed to newcomers, so I believe it's important that we
> mention (or remind?) what Guix can do, because this is precisely what we are
> tackling in this tutorial.  I don't think it's a problem, actually I think it's
> necessary as part of the introduction.

I agree.  It works very well as an introduction.

-- 
Ricardo