c71979f416
doc: Add "Running Guix Before It Is Installed".
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* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): New node.
(Packaging Guidelines): Refer to it.
2015-05-23 15:57:18 +02:00
24d77d1038
doc: Remove reference to git submodules in HACKING.
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* HACKING: Remove mention of git submodules.
2015-02-26 00:44:13 -05:00
141360b5b2
doc: Mention 'guix lint' and '--list-dependent' in 'HACKING'.
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* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'guix lint' and 'guix refresh
--list-dependent'.
2014-09-03 15:43:07 +02:00
d0c64188b6
doc: Mention upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds.
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* HACKING (Commit Access): Mention upgrades that trigger a lot rebuilds.
2014-05-11 13:35:31 +02:00
5ff3c4b820
doc: Update packaging guidelines.
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* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'git send-mail'.
* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): More details on how to prepare a
package module.
(Contributing): Add reference to #guix channel on Freenode.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2014-03-10 23:43:31 +01:00
25ed6edb6c
doc: Adjust "Building from Git" instructions.
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* HACKING (Building from Git): As a follow-up to ff1cbb9
2013-12-07 12:12:41 +01:00
2df74ac117
doc: Add "Data Types and Pattern Matching" to the Coding Style.
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* HACKING (Data Types and Pattern Matching): New section.
2013-09-07 15:51:29 +02:00
1a2e649561
doc: Add note about .dir-locals.el.
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* HACKING (Coding Style): Mention special indentation rules and
.dir-locals.el.
2013-08-30 23:53:13 +02:00
e1c5a8357a
doc: Add a "Coding Style" section in 'HACKING'.
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* HACKING (Coding Style): New section.
2013-08-30 23:47:23 +02:00
67b1dd8dea
doc: Remove "Adding new packages" from `HACKING'.
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* HACKING (Adding new packages): Remove since it's now in the manual.
2013-08-30 23:47:22 +02:00
2d2ad98910
doc: Change `HACKING' to refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.
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Reported by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
* HACKING: Replace "bug-guix" by "guix-devel".
2013-08-26 22:23:53 +02:00
8b2d9e5d44
doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.
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* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building
from Git.
(Installation): Refer to the manual.
* HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git.
Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
2013-07-19 00:07:03 +02:00
84dbbc7651
doc: Add "Building from Git" to 'HACKING'.
2013-07-13 21:35:14 +00:00
b208a00501
doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.
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* HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
2013-07-07 23:26:31 +02:00
8b315a6dd5
doc: Add a "Porting" section.
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* HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the
only approach.
2013-07-07 01:03:03 +02:00
e20ec9cc51
doc: Mention copyright/license auditing in `HACKING'.
2013-06-10 00:00:33 +02:00
e0b2737583
doc: Update bootstrap-related info in `HACKING'.
2013-06-09 15:24:24 +02:00
9bf3c1a77d
doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.
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* HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co.
(Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections.
* doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
2013-06-04 10:29:57 +02:00
f5fd436020
doc: Add the commit policy to HACKING.
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* HACKING (Commit Access): New section.
2013-02-12 00:14:32 +01:00
c6dbd50594
doc: Add "The Perfect Setup" in 'HACKING'.
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* HACKING (The Perfect Setup): New section.
2013-01-22 00:17:42 +01:00
e1f8f477de
Update 'HACKING'.
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* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update the example.
2013-01-21 03:11:10 +00:00
08ba7ff318
Update `HACKING'.
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* HACKING: Capitalize the title.
(Running Guix before it is installed): New section.
(Adding new packages): Update example.
2013-01-18 00:48:07 +01:00
9149f1a087
doc: Update porting instructions in `HACKING'.
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* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update
instructions.
2013-01-08 22:57:09 +01:00
3dc1970dda
doc: Document basic package definitions.
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* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add introduction.
(Defining Packages): Populate.
2012-11-21 15:56:43 +01:00
f8348b91ad
Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".
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* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report
address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'.
* doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places.
(Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system".
* HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
2012-11-18 15:22:00 +01:00
18633d4f35
distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).
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* distro/packages/base.scm (glibc-dynamic-linker, %bootstrap-guile,
bootstrap-origin, package-from-tarball, %bootstrap-base-url,
%bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc,
%bootstrap-gcc, %bootstrap-inputs, package-with-bootstrap-guile): Move
to ...
* distro/packages/bootstrap.scm: ... here. New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* tests/builders.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap).
(%bootstrap-guile): Remove.
* tests/packages.scm: Likewise.
* tests/union.scm: Likewise, and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-inputs.
* tests/derivations.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap) and remove @@
to access %bootstrap-coreutils&co.
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update
accordingly.
2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
59b775cca9
doc: Add "Adding new packages" in `HACKING'.
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* HACKING (Adding new packages): New section.
2012-11-04 19:45:40 +01:00
450ccdc3aa
doc: Add `HACKING'.
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* HACKING: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
2012-10-25 23:44:27 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès