From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: "David Arroyo" <david@aqwari.net>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Building a software toolchain that works
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:19:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o827ocex.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26d5e14e-97cf-4346-a434-9e73658495b7@www.fastmail.com> (David Arroyo's message of "Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:40:31 -0400")
Hi,
"David Arroyo" <david@aqwari.net> skribis:
> One could develop a `guix contribute <package>` subcommand or standalone
> script that would implement the following workflow:
>
> 1. Obtain the source and unpack it into a writable working directory,
> skipping downstream patches and snippets.
> 2. Drop the user into a shell with the build and test inputs present.
> Perhaps with the scripts $PWD/.guix/test and $PWD/.guix/build added
> to run the build and test actions as needed.
> 3. After the user has made changes, and maybe signalled completion
> somehow, run the tests and build all outputs.
> 4. Once the user exits, output a diff that's suitable for git send-email.
I like that idea, that’d be a great tool to have! And indeed, we have
all the building blocks.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-15 8:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-14 19:05 Building a software toolchain that works Ryan Prior
2022-03-14 20:26 ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-14 21:40 ` David Arroyo
2022-03-15 8:19 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2022-03-17 9:20 ` zimoun
2022-03-16 14:02 ` Josselin Poiret
2022-03-16 15:28 ` Ryan Prior
2022-03-16 20:13 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-17 15:35 ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-17 16:56 ` David Arroyo
2022-03-14 23:57 ` Olivier Dion via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2022-03-15 8:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-15 8:42 ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-15 12:32 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-17 12:56 ` zimoun
2022-03-18 21:13 ` david larsson
2022-03-18 23:59 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-19 13:02 ` Windows Subsystem for Linux zimoun
2022-03-24 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-25 3:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-03-25 9:04 ` Phil
2022-03-25 10:14 ` Oliver Propst
2022-03-17 20:04 ` Building a software toolchain that works Katherine Cox-Buday
2022-03-18 6:27 ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-18 9:10 ` Oliver Propst
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2022-03-17 12:06 zimoun
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