Re: is it me ?

[Amirouche <amirouche@hypermove.net>]

Le 03/05/2017 à 21:08, myglc2 a écrit :
> On 05/03/2017 at 18:05 Catonano writes:
>
>> 2017-05-02 20:58 GMT+02:00 myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>:
>>
>>   As it stands, your video is a great sanity check for someone wondering
>>   if their emacs-guix environment is working properly. It is also a great
>>   demonstration of how easy it is for a guix user to see and, with a git
>>   checkout, modify a package.
>>
>>   If you expanded it a bit to illustrate a few
>>   more guix-edit/geiser features, it could be a great addition to the
>>   guix-video-verse, and, IMO, a good thing to add to www.gnu.or
>>
>> Which eatures, exactly, you would like to be showed ?
> How about a scenario like this, all done from within emacs-guix running
> against a git checkout ...
>
> - find a package
>
> - install it
>
> - observe how it is working
>
> - consider changing a config flag
>
> - 'M-x Guix edit <package>'
>
> - download the source: 'C-u . s'
>
> - copy the package source out of the store (there is probably a better
>    thing to do here)
>
> - in <package> source: './configure --help' to see config options
>
> - 'M-x Guix edit <package>' & modify #:configure-flags
>
> - build the package: 'C-u . b'
>
> - install the new version
>
> - verify the package behavior has changed
>
> - commit the change
>
> - produce a potential guix patch
>
> Note: I am not a 'M-x guix-edit' "daily driver". I hope others who are
> will comment/improve the outline.
>
> ISTM this scenario is useful because ...
>
> 1) it shows the control that guix gives to users
>
> 2) a knowledgeable <package> user can follow it to help improve how
>     <package> runs in guix.
>
> HTH - George
>
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