From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 6DgjETPBil8ACwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:02:27 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id iP/eDDPBil9nFwAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:02:27 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 019F19402A9 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:02:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53668 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kTj2d-0005yT-Jl for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:02:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kTj1l-0005LK-BL for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:01:29 -0400 Received: from sender4-of-o51.zoho.com ([136.143.188.51]:21123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kTj1i-0002H4-Tr for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:01:28 -0400 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1602928884; cv=none; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; b=RBbCvzP1jl3pIHHcSJAskVtj3ZZQNpoSsKz9hO0xdfMUwdvPAR5Ntxz0CUjmbBgLxx/ERmUGqCYcIaYn48ffbCPVhiErP4x9YRa/d/tTAqRFJjPwmtwrg1J9+0lupNm0sbgVVwbTbLUZr0Pj50Z/30D0R8y4zle/LmLdTfokYTM= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; t=1602928884; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Subject:To; bh=bq9BOf3aSven/nLQs3VYL+2h6/z2bDZCEUHSOrQaAKM=; b=VPt16HYcfgrFgG31AEFD5eZ47XhuHLcMa+ep/n6g/fx/ZNc6u8pqhVEs+2LTu1WlIocltyLpWnzYrPp+bU7D+FfRZicd1QWiQR3NYkAOG9kqOj0fpxARLg037WvS35afVVGeBqDAjPwSC/ejteEzrUzxe0t20oMzp2dpEMKa7P8= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass header.i=elephly.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=rekado@elephly.net; dmarc=pass header.from= header.from= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1602928884; s=zoho; d=elephly.net; i=rekado@elephly.net; h=References:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-reply-to:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=bq9BOf3aSven/nLQs3VYL+2h6/z2bDZCEUHSOrQaAKM=; b=jEki+Phm1D4c3q6KdpBqmUPvhiqsrJ20ei0UH60DAJQtSkP3SFrR8n4T6+Q07KoG /7BR75ETHavjyg2V3CXN4p96uCzfjRoUE6ad4JKvRm56fWmwsZfKzQh1ZYpHbtI6Rua 20+kHLCkkMekYfGjS/QbXO9ekkgqmB19BshH0lbE= Received: from localhost (p54ad409f.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.173.64.159]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1602928882010572.0688080615851; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 03:01:22 -0700 (PDT) References: <0384dfc54e3593b0bf86bbf0e1c6a815@jeffnet.org> User-agent: mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 From: Ricardo Wurmus To: mcconnaughey@jeffnet.org Subject: Re: how to contribute software? In-reply-to: <0384dfc54e3593b0bf86bbf0e1c6a815@jeffnet.org> X-URL: https://elephly.net X-PGP-Key: https://elephly.net/rekado.pubkey X-PGP-Fingerprint: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:03:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87lfg5w4o3.fsf@elephly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-ZohoMailClient: External Received-SPF: pass client-ip=136.143.188.51; envelope-from=rekado@elephly.net; helo=sender4-of-o51.zoho.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/17 06:01:25 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=elephly.net header.s=zoho header.b=jEki+Phm; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.21 X-TUID: b/8HFtIw1wnZ Hello! mcconnaughey@jeffnet.org writes: > My project at experix.sourceforge.net is intended for use in a > laboratory to operate instruments, collect data from them, analyze and > present the data graphically, and perform general computations. I am > interested in making it available [=E2=80=A6] Excellent! > Please give me a little > guidance on how to package and submit it. We have a packaging tutorial in the Guix Cookbook: https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Packaging-Tutorial.html This covers pretty much everything you may need to know to write a package definition. I see in the experix readme file that users are expected to compile the source files manually with consecutive invocations of GCC. While that=E2= =80=99s of course possible to express with Guix we usually encounter applications and libraries that have some sort of build system, e.g. a Makefile. When a build system is used Guix packaging becomes really simple as only one of the existing build system abstractions has to be selected (and possibly adjusted). All of the configuration and compilation steps would be subsumed by a simple declaration like this: (build-system gnu-build-system) Since you are the author of experix you are in a unique position to add a build system (such as a simple Makefile) to the experix sources. This would be preferable over coding the build instructions in Guix (which is rather verbose for cases like this). What do you think? --=20 Ricardo