[bug#39742] [PATCH 1/7] gnu: java-openjfx-build: Add helpful patch.

[Alexey Abramov <levenson@mmer.org>]

Many thanks! I will fix these in the next patches.

Alexey

On March 4, 2020 03:25:36 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for these patches and sorry for the delay in review! There are a
> lot of patches and it takes a while to get through them.
>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 09:17:49PM +0100, Alexey Abramov wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/java.scm: Add patch
>> * gnu/packages/patches/java-openjfx-build-get_guix_jdk_version.patch: New
>> file. Allows you to run gradlew to run properly. Useful for debugging.
>
> The commit message needs a couple changes, to something like this:
>
> ------
> * gnu/packages/patches/java-openjfx-build-get_guix_jdk_version.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/java.scm (java-openjfx-build)[source]: Use it.
> ------
>
> We don't need to describe the patch in the commit message. Instead, we
> explain it in a comment at the beginning of the patch file itself. This
> is easier for the people that will read the patch later. The comment
> should explain what the patch does and where it came from, including
> links to bug reports and external patch sources, if they exist.
>
> We need to register the new patch file in 'gnu/local.mk', so that it
> gets distributed in the Guix release process.
>
> And finally, we need to name the package variable (java-openjfx-build)
> that the patch is being used by.
>
> Here is an example from an older commit:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=ca5e404f9a1ff81a38a32578c9c3a6c866482a9a