From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: various packaging issues Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:09:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87vamglw7j.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87lgnlhhto.fsf@c-l07itc0gcrgz.its.manchester.ac.uk> <87r2xdpt81.fsf@gnu.org> <87a841gycq.fsf@c-l07itc0gcrgz.its.manchester.ac.uk> <87pocwg9v5.fsf@elephly.net> <87h8y8g18d.fsf@c-l07itc0gcrgz.its.manchester.ac.uk> <87zibztbzm.fsf@gnu.org> <87shhlrjbx.fsf@i-ulialbion.it.manchester.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZvq6-0007uQ-9P for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:09:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZvq5-0003Il-99 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:09:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87shhlrjbx.fsf@i-ulialbion.it.manchester.ac.uk> (Dave Love's message of "Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:38:26 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Dave Love Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Dave Love skribis: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > >> Honestly it=E2=80=99s unclear to me that this would bring much to >> >> and related sections. > > I'm seeing it from the point of view of view of someone who's quite > experienced with Fedora and Debian packaging and has past experience of > Scheme, but not Guile, and doesn't have time to become an expert. I'm > guessing I'm not so unusual, but maybe that's wrong. > > Some things which are documented aren't very easy to spot. For others > it seems as if you have to go looking for examples. I think would help > considerably if they were compared as idioms explicitly with what you'd > do for Fedora, in particular (to the extent there are correspondences). > Although doing a simple program initially was quite easy, I've struggled > with a fairly straightforward library which is just the first step to > provide openfabrics interfaces. > > I'll have a go at writing down a few things when I have a chance; they > may turn out to be based on misconceptions, but that's worth finding > out. This is meant to be constructive, of course! Sure, that would be useful! I may lack hindsight to determine what should be added or restructured in the manual to be readily useful. I wrote =E2=80=9CDefining Packages=E2=80=9D for an audience relatively new = to packaging (or so I thought) and to Scheme. We updated it based on feedback, but a fresh look at it can certainly lead to improvements. Ludo=E2=80=99.