Re: 2 ideas (Was: Re: bug#31518: [PATCH 10/21] gnu: Add emacs-google-translate.)

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Hi Nils,

> I think we discussed something similar briefly. Or at least package
> attached metadata which ends up in a '/guix' folder of the output.
> I've been following (not yet implementing) a similar idea, where
> such messages are either local mail and/or end up in a (mapped to guix:)
> '/guix/doc/' folder, where files are named like $applicationname-$version.number.NAME.note
> where '.note' is just a basic txt file.
> These notes could contain messages specific to the OS, the architecture, general
> advice, etc.
>
> Not really well thought through yet, but that's a start.
>
> Think of it not as description or synopsis part, but rather let's say
> (in theory):
> (note "STRING") or (note (list "NOTE 1"
>                                "NOTE 2")).

This is not a bad idea, in my opinion.  It could be useful to have
application-specific setup notes in a well-known location that is
gathered when the profile is built.

I would not like these notes to be printed automatically upon
installation, but generating a file with important notes seems like a
good idea in general.

--
Ricardo