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To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ludovic_Court=E8s?= From: Jack Hill Message-ID: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=104.248.1.95; envelope-from=jackhill@jackhill.us; helo=minsky.hcoop.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/25 22:05:42 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Brice Waegeneire Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.01 X-TUID: hLwn+swkf9/p On May 25, 2020 5:17:02 PM EDT, "Ludovic Court=C3=A8s" wro= te: >Hi, > >Jack Hill skribis: > >> On Sun, 24 May 2020, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> >> [=E2=80=A6] >> >>>> Another improvement we could make here is improving the message >about >>>> Software Heritage in guix lint=2E Most of the other messages it emits >>>> are things that the author of a package should consider improving=2E >If >>>> the Software Heritage message is less actionable, let's make that >>>> clearer so that people don't think there is a problem with their >>>> package definition=2E >>> >>> What message would you suggest? >> >> How about expanding section 7=2E7 "Invoking Guix Lint" in the manual to >> include a paragraph of advice in the explanation for each checker=2E >For >> example, the advice could be could be "change the source to use >> git-fetch" for "source-unstable-tarball", "exercise judgment on the >> long-term availability of software sources=2E We think that code hosted >> on the GNU ftp servers will be around for a long time, but code on >> people's personal websites may not be=2E The greater the risk of the >> software disappearing, the more important is is to use git-fetch in >> sources so we can trigger archiving at Software Heritage" for >> "archival", and "double check whether these inputs really should be >> native [link to appropriate section of the manual]=2E If they really >> need to be, leave a comment in the code briefly explaining why to >help >> future contributors" for "inputs-should-be-native"=2E > >Regarding the =E2=80=98archival=E2=80=99 checker, the manual explains wha= t=E2=80=99s at stake >and what it does: > > https://guix=2Egnu=2Eorg/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-lint=2Ehtml > >I feel like there=E2=80=99s little room for improvement here=2E I think you're right=2E We have made it this far without too much confusio= n, and I agree that the text in that section is good=2E Let's leave it alon= e=2E Best, Jack