From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Internship on Improve the user experience for the "guix package" command line tool (Outreachy) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:27:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87woy7dd5b.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87fu5pch36.fsf@elephly.net> <87h8pfy56s.fsf@elephly.net> <87tvtdthda.fsf@elephly.net> <87k1u8uccr.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47682) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ey1Nf-0003Fj-9J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:27:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ey1Nb-00024f-7i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:27:43 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21010) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ey1Na-00023D-VM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:27:39 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Vijayalakshmi Vedantham Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Vijayalakshmi, > I created a patch file for the package definition of python-logwrap that > I'm including here. I'm a little unsure if my patch is right because my .= / > pre-inst-env.in guix build r-abbyyR fails with some error. This looks like you haven=E2=80=99t actually built Guix. The =E2=80=9C.in= =E2=80=9D files are templates containing @PLACEHOLDERS@; they are turned into their target files at configuration time. In short you need to do this: guix environment guix ./bootstrap ./configure --localstatedir=3D/var make At that point you=E2=80=99ll have =E2=80=9Cpre-inst-env=E2=80=9D, an actual= executable script. > Also, since we are going to be communicating regularly now, > 1. I'd like to know the best times to contact you. I=E2=80=99m checking mails daily, but not always able to respond within 6 h= ours. I=E2=80=99ll try to get a reply out within 12 hours. I=E2=80=99m located i= n Central Europe, so my timezone is CET. > 2. I need some help finishing my Outreachy application, so anytime in the > next 2 days if you could set aside an hour for us to discuss the goals of > the project etc it'll be great. Sure; I have some days off this week, so I can reserve some time to discuss this. Have you read the full project description on the Outreachy page already? If so, do you have any questions about the project description? As you build and install packages with Guix you will probably notice that often there is a lot of dense output. I think you can get a better appreciation for this project when you play a little with Guix and observe in what situations it spews out a lot of text. The project schedule isn=E2=80=99t totally rigid; if you find a part of thi= s project particularly interesting we can adapt and focus on that part more. But before we can decide this I think you need to become a little more familiar with the problem first. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net