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Subject: Re: Idea: Install script to better support improving
	contributor-friendliness of projects
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:59:09 +0100
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Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=B8=D1=82=D0=B0 =D0=A7=D1=83=D1=80=D0=B0=D0=B5=D0=B2=
 <lamefun.x0r@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Here's how I want to use Guix and it is to increase
>> contributor-friendliness of a project, so that the user can simply run
>> a distribution-independent command to install all dependencies without
>> having to hunt for them with `apt` and `dnf` manually.
>>
>> Unfortunately, Guix itself is not very easy to install, and the
>> instructions are full of rather technical stuff like 'systemd' and
>> 'upstart'.
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.h=
tml

[...]

> However, if there's sufficient interest, and if we could produce a
> sufficiently robust "auto-install" script

Related to that, someone on IRC suggested removing the =E2=80=9C#=E2=80=9D =
from the
shell snippets at
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.htm=
l>,
for easier copy/pasting.

I think I=E2=80=99ll go ahead and do that if nobody objects.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.