Thank you all for the feedback :)
I will apply all the changes and send the new version.
Shall I send the modified patch to the debbugs mail that is in the CC of
this mail?

On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 8:48 AM Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello guix,
>
> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt.
> 20., Szo, 13:05):
> >
> > Hello Laura,
> >
> > Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt.
> > 20., Szo, 10:43):
> > >
> > > Hello Laura,
> > >
> > > Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> ezt írta (időpont: 2018.
> > > okt. 20., Szo, 10:17):
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Laura,
> > > >
> > > > congratulations on your first patch to Guix!
> > > >
> > > > What follows are a few comments on minor changes that I would like to
> > > > see before applying the patch to Guix.
> > > >
> > > > > From 132c8bf1e57f30485e3701ce01ea9d1ac7207e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
> 2001
> > > > > From: laura <laura.lazzati.15@gmail.com>
> > > > > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:15:37 -0300
> > > > > Subject: [PATCH] I add r-aspi package appended to cran.scm file
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  gnu/packages/cran.scm | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > For commits to Guix, we use a somewhat strict commit message format.
> > > > You can take a look at the commit log to get a feel for it.  In the
> case
> > > > of adding r-aspi to cran.scm this would be the expected commit
> message:
> > > >
> > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > > > gnu: Add r-aspi.
> > > >
> > > > * gnu/packages/cran.scm (r-aspi): New variable.
> > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> > > >
> > > > The first line is always a concise summary.  This is followed by a
> > > > change log listing modified files and how they were modified.
> > > >
> > >
> > > You can also see git log for examples.
> > >
> > > > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
> > > > > index efcc2dccb..0d8ee6a97 100644
> > > > > --- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
> > > > > +++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
> > > > > @@ -6256,3 +6256,22 @@ a header row or not.  The dataset should
> contain
> > > > > only one independent variable
> > > > >  (x) and one dependent variable (y) and can contain a weight for
> each
> > > > >  observation.")
> > > > >      (license license:gpl2)))
> > > > > +
> > > > > +(define-public r-aspi
> > > > > +  (package
> > > > > +    (name "r-aspi")
> > > > > +    (version "0.2.0")
> > > > > +    (source
> > > > > +     (origin
> > > > > +       (method url-fetch)
> > > > > +       (uri (cran-uri "aspi" version))
> > > > > +       (sha256
> > > > > +        (base32
> > > > > +
>  "0rhvxw243vvdv3hxa6pi343gcjc2cbxq1jzqirl9k1l4i3897l87"))))
> > > > > +    (build-system r-build-system)
> > > > > +    (home-page "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/aspi/")
> > > > > +    (synopsis "Analysis of Symmetry of Parasitic Infections")
> > > >
> > > > Please use lowercase for all words except for the first.  CRAN
> synopses
> > > > are usually in titlecase and the importer can’t automatically figure
> out
> > > > which words should be converted, so this needs to be done manually.
>
Sorry for this, I just copied the comments in cran's website, I'll change
that.

> > > >
> > > > > +    (description
> > > > > +     "Tools for the analysis and visualization of bilateral
> asymmetry in
> > > > > + parasitic infections.")
> > > >
> > > > Please use a complete sentence for the description.  The easiest way
> is
> > > > probably to just prepend “This package provides”.
> > > >
> > > > > +    (license license:gpl3)))
> > > >
> > > > I checked the source files and noticed that it’s actually GPL 3 or
> > > > later.  Here’s an except from the header of aspi.R:
>
I guess this mistake was because in one of the several times of running
./pre-inst-env guix build r-aspi I was getting an error about the gpl
licence. I will change this too.

> > > >
> > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > > > #  Analysis of Symmetry of Parasitic Infections is free software:
> you can        #
> > > > #  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
> General Public    #
> > > > #  License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
> version 3 of     #
> > > > #  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>              #
> > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> > > >
> > > > So this really should be “license:gpl3+”.
> > > >
> > > > (I haven’t tried building the package yet.)
> > > >
> > >
> > > I will try this and report back.
> > >
> >
> > It builds for me fine, so with the suggestions Ricardo mentioned I think
> > it is good to go.
> >
> > > > I think it’s fine to apply the patch with these minor changes.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Ricardo
> >
> > I had problem with applying this directly with git am, it
> > kept telling me the patch is corrupt on line 10.
> > Can someone have a look?
> >
>
> My bad, but it seems that at least partially debbugs is responsible for
> this,
> It broke the long line in the patch, and it simply wrapped it around. I
> downloaded the message from there using mbox. As there was no space
> before the start of the line, the patch became corrupted.
> Do you think this is bug?
> I believe debbugs should not alter line endings.
>
> > >
> > > Thanks Ricardo for the fast review!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > g_bor
> >
> > Best regards,
> > g_bor
> Best regards,
> g_bor
>
Regards!
Laura