Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction

[Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com>]

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Hi,
thank you for welcoming me!
Guix was fairly easy to install, I used the shell script to do that.
I installed emacs using Guix and it worked as expected.
I'll begin by trying to package something. So, I'll go through the links
you sent
and see how that goes.
Thanks again for all of your suggestions on how to start contributing.

Magali


Em sex., 9 de out. de 2020 às 17:10, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hey Magali,
>
> Welcome!
> And thank you for your interest in Guix.
>
> On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 20:57, Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I already installed the Guix package manager on Ubuntu and am going
> through some of the commands.
>
> Really cool!
> What is your feedback on the topic?  Easy to install?  Difficulties?
> Still unworking or unexpected behaviour?
>
>
> > Anyhow, I'm excited to know what my next steps could be. I truly
> appreciate an answer.
>
> There are different possible next steps, depending on your interest.
> In random order:
>
>  + See if you want to contribute to the translation effort.  If you
> are native of one of these languages:
>
>        <https://translationproject.org/domain/guix.html>
>
> help is welcome!  For example, my first contribution to Guix was to
> read cover-to-cover the Guix manual and proofread the French
> translation.  Doing so is an unusual way to be familiar with the Guix
> ecosystem but really interesting.  Note that it would be part of this
> effort:
>   <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-10/msg00091.html>
>
>   + Try to package something of your interest.  You might read the
> Cookbook and the relevant part of the manual:
>
> <
> https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Packaging-Tutorial.html#Packaging-Tutorial
> >
> <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Defining-Packages>
>
> Well, the easiest way is to create a new folder, say /tmp/foo and
> write your new package in the file /tmp/foo/example.scm and then:
>
>   guix show -L /tmp/foo <package-name>
>   guix build -L /tmp/foo <package-name>
>   guix build -L /tmp/foo <package-name> --no-grafts --check
>
> Once it builds reproducibly, you can try to include in master.  Well,
> raise the hand at this moment. :-)
>
>   + Tweak the source of Guix.
>
>   git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>   cd guix
>   guix environment guix --pure
>   ./bootstrap
>   ./configure --localstatedir=/var/
>    make -j 8 # adapt
>    make check
>    ./pre-inst-env guix help # the fresh compiled 'guix' ;-)
>
> You could be interested by
> <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Contributing>.
>
> Well, then you can try to fix a bug <http://issues.guix.gnu.org> and I
> recommend one with the tag easy:
>
>     <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/search?query=is%3Aopen+tag%3Aeasy>
>
>
> And in any case, feel free to ask _any_ question on help-guix@gnu.org
> or IRC #guix.
>
> Keep in touch.
> Cheers,
> simon
>

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