Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add openttd

[Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>]

Leo Famulari (2016-04-12 04:09 +0300) wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:41:58AM +0200, Albin wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add openttd.
>
> Can you add the "changelog" to the commit message? See commit 6dc609985
> for a recent example of the desired format.

Leo means the commit message should look like this:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
gnu: Add openttd.

* gnu/packages/games.scm (openttd): New variable.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


>> +    (source
>> +     (origin (method url-fetch)
>> +             ;; The official download URL is
>> +             ;; http://binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.6.0/openttd-1.6.0-source.tar.xz
>> +             ;; but it doesn't work with `guix download`.  However, it
>> +             ;; redirects to the one below (and the SHA sums match).
>
> Is it a problem with `guix download` or with the remote server? Even if
> we don't fix the issue, it would be nice to say what the problem is in
> this comment.

It is not only 'guix download', the same happens with 'guix build'.
I've reported it at <http://bugs.gnu.org/23275>.  Thanks for this useful
comment!.

-- 
Alex