[bug#39625] [PATCH] website: Update Guix manifest.

[bug#39625] [PATCH] website: Update Guix manifest.

[sirgazil via Guix-patches via]

* website/README (Development environment): Use the manifest.
* website/guix.packages: Use specifications->manifest.
---
 website/README        | 12 ++++++++----
 website/guix.packages | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/README b/website/README
index d3a3a78..180eee9 100644
--- a/website/README
+++ b/website/README
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ files of the website.
 
 * Development environment
 
-This website is developed using the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/][GNU Guix]] package manager. Run the
-following command to install all the software needed to build the
-website:
+Assuming you already have [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/][GNU Guix]] installed, you can use the manifest
+file provided with the source, ~guix.packages~, to create a separate
+Guix profile with all the software required to work on the website.
+For instance:
 
 #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
-$ guix package -i git glibc-locales gnutls guile guile-json guile-syntax-highlight guix haunt
+$ guix package -m guix.packages -p path/to/development/profiledir/profile
 #+END_EXAMPLE
 
+See [[https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Guix-Profiles-in-Practice.html#Guix-Profiles-in-Practice][Guix Profiles in Practice]] for more information about creating and
+using profiles.
+
 * Running the website
 
 To try out the website locally while you work on it, run the following
diff --git a/website/guix.packages b/website/guix.packages
index 386307c..2f05e65 100644
--- a/website/guix.packages
+++ b/website/guix.packages
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-;;; Packages required to develop the website.
-;;; (See guix package --manifest option for more details on this file).
+;;; This file is a GNU Guix manifest file. You can use it with the
+;;; "guix package" command to install all the packages necessary to
+;;; develop the website.
 
-(use-modules (guix profiles)
-	     (gnu packages))
+(use-modules (gnu packages))
 
 
-(define dev-packages
-  (list "glibc-locales"
-	"guile@2.2"
-	"guile-syntax-highlight"
-	"guix"
-	"haunt"))
-
-
-(map specification->package dev-packages)
+(specifications->manifest
+ (list "git"
+       "glibc-locales"
+       "gnutls"
+       "guile"
+       "guile-json"
+       "guile-syntax-highlight"
+       "guix"
+       "haunt"))
-- 
2.25.0

[bug#39625] [PATCH] website: Update Guix manifest.

[Brett Gilio]

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

>  
> -(use-modules (guix profiles)
> -	     (gnu packages))
> +(use-modules (gnu packages))

I think manifests require the (guix profiles) module.

>  
>  
> -(define dev-packages
> -  (list "glibc-locales"
> -	"guile@2.2"
> -	"guile-syntax-highlight"
> -	"guix"
> -	"haunt"))
> -
> -
> -(map specification->package dev-packages)
> +(specifications->manifest
> + (list "git"
> +       "glibc-locales"
> +       "gnutls"
> +       "guile"
> +       "guile-json"
> +       "guile-syntax-highlight"
> +       "guix"
> +       "haunt"))

Could I inquire why you opted to remove the function for dev-packages?
:)

Thanks!

Brett Gilio

[bug#39625] [PATCH] website: Update Guix manifest.

[sirgazil via Guix-patches via]

 ---- On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:54:10 -0500 Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org> wrote ----
 > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
 > 
 > >  
 > > -(use-modules (guix profiles)
 > > -         (gnu packages))
 > > +(use-modules (gnu packages))
 > 
 > I think manifests require the (guix profiles) module.

Hmm, my manifests work without importing "(guix profiles)".

This was a long time ago, but the reason I imported that module is that in the beginning I was thinking on providing a manifest that would create a profile generation that was the union of the packages installed in the current user profile plus the packages required to develop the website. I was going to use "(profile-manifest %user-profile-directory)" for that, which comes from "(guix profiles)". But that was before I knew you could use different Guix profiles for different projects instead of polluting your user profile, so I changed my mind and forgot to delete "(guix profiles)".


 > > -(define dev-packages
 > > -  (list "glibc-locales"
 > > -    "guile@2.2"
 > > -    "guile-syntax-highlight"
 > > -    "guix"
 > > -    "haunt"))
 > > -
 > > -
 > > -(map specification->package dev-packages)
 > > +(specifications->manifest
 > > + (list "git"
 > > +       "glibc-locales"
 > > +       "gnutls"
 > > +       "guile"
 > > +       "guile-json"
 > > +       "guile-syntax-highlight"
 > > +       "guix"
 > > +       "haunt"))
 > 
 > Could I inquire why you opted to remove the function for dev-packages?
 > :)

I was thinking on separating package requirements with variables such as "dev-packages", "test-packages", "production-packages", etc., but then I thought it was unnecessary at this point because the website does not currently have that many requirements...

bug#39625: [PATCH] website: Update Guix manifest.

[sirgazil via Guix-patches via]

Spoiled patch. There is a recent update to the website manifest (see commit 05e384e811ab58f8d7f37ab92cf9dac416317af5).