From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Packagers tutorial, deployment tutorial Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:03:40 -0500 Message-ID: <20151218010340.GB9461@jasmine> References: <87a8pdz9sk.fsf@gnu.org> <20151214092857.GA13044@thebird.nl> <20151214193654.GA22023@jasmine> <20151215101831.GA16741@thebird.nl> <87egeo7ze7.fsf@gnu.org> <20151216045304.GA19514@thebird.nl> <87y4cti5zi.fsf@gnu.org> <20151217184055.GA26398@thebird.nl> <87poy4hglx.fsf@gnu.org> <87fuz0lkph.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46365) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9jSU-0002UL-C2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:03:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9jSP-00034g-Eg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:03:46 -0500 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:50590) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9jSP-00034W-Az for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:03:41 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87fuz0lkph.fsf@dustycloud.org> 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher Allan Webber Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 04:58:15PM -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > > Pjotr Prins skribis: > > > >> Anyway, I don't hear much enthusiasm for such a project. > > > > I think I insisted too much on my concerns, making it sound negative; > > sorry about that. > > > > I am definitely enthusiastic about improving documentation. I think > > there’s some consensus that the manual in its current form is > > insufficient, so efforts in that direction are more than welcome! > > > > Ludo’. > > Yes, I just had conversations with one person today who was frustrated > trying to learn how to build their first package and lamenting the lack > of an official tutorial. I had this same reaction during my first packages, but I forgot once I learned. It's worth trying to put oneself in the beginner's mind and I'd like to help. I'll use whatever platform as long as the goal is to move the final product somewhere that's not closed like Github.