Ludovic Courtès
2d315cd428
doc: Move "Commit Access" section from 'HACKING' to the manual.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Remove.
(Contributing): Update URL of the manual.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): New section.
(Submitting Patches): Add cross reference.
1 year ago
Ludovic Courtès
a7bde77d24
doc: Add "Tracking Bugs and Patches" section.
* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): New section.
(Submitting Patches): Refer to it.
* doc/guix.texi: Update copyright line.
* HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Remove.
1 year ago
Leo Famulari
06e1ecbf17
doc: Update keyserver URL.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Change keyserver URL to 'keys.openpgp.org'.
1 year ago
Ludovic Courtès
6701edbfad
HACKING: Update key server.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Recommend pool.sks-keyservers.net.
2 years ago
Pierre Neidhardt
5285192150
doc: Fix typo (missing period)
* HACKING (Commit Access): Fix typo.
2 years ago
Arun Isaac
acabbd5976
doc: Mention how to use emacs-debbugs.
* HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Add section on using emacs-debbugs.
3 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
2fccc0d193
maint: Give command to install the pre-push hook.
* HACKING: Add 'cp' line to install the pre-push hook.
3 years ago
Clément Lassieur
ee7c21c704
maint: Mention the Signed-off-by line in 'HACKING'.
* HACKING: Mention the Signed-off-by line.
3 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
bc551cf32b
maint: Mention guix-patches@gnu.org in 'HACKING'.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25899 >.
* HACKING: Mention guix-patches@gnu.org .
4 years ago
Mathieu Lirzin
8efc35a890
maint: Fix invalid calls to 'info'.
* HACKING <Contributing>: Remove name of the manual from the item argument.
* README <Installation>: Likewise.
4 years ago
Leo Famulari
69355e1283
doc: Add a Git hook that verifies signatures before pushing.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Describe the pre-push Git hook.
* etc/git/pre-push: New file.
4 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
20e2964344
doc: Explain how to set up Git for signing.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Give instructions on how to set up Git for
signing.
4 years ago
Leo Famulari
a16db014d1
doc: Mention commit signatures in HACKING.
* HACKING: Mention commit signatures.
4 years ago
Mathieu Lirzin
8c01b9d05a
doc: Move most 'HACKING' informations into the manual.
* HACKING (Contributing): New section.
(Building from Git, The Perfect Setup, Coding Style, Submitting Patches):
Move to ...
* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Likewise.
* doc/contributing.texi: ... here. New file.
* doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Use it.
* README (Installation): Adapt to it.
* configure.ac (DOT): Likewise.
5 years ago
Alex Kost
80cd1d8992
doc: Add 'help2man' to HACKING.
* HACKING: Mention 'help2man'.
5 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
c71979f416
doc: Add "Running Guix Before It Is Installed".
* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): New node.
(Packaging Guidelines): Refer to it.
5 years ago
Mark H Weaver
24d77d1038
doc: Remove reference to git submodules in HACKING.
* HACKING: Remove mention of git submodules.
6 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
141360b5b2
doc: Mention 'guix lint' and '--list-dependent' in 'HACKING'.
* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'guix lint' and 'guix refresh
--list-dependent'.
6 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
d0c64188b6
doc: Mention upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds.
* HACKING (Commit Access): Mention upgrades that trigger a lot rebuilds.
6 years ago
Pierre-Antoine Rault
5ff3c4b820
doc: Update packaging guidelines.
* 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>
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
25ed6edb6c
doc: Adjust "Building from Git" instructions.
* HACKING (Building from Git): As a follow-up to ff1cbb9, update the
error reported when pkg.m4 is missing. Suggested by
John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
2df74ac117
doc: Add "Data Types and Pattern Matching" to the Coding Style.
* HACKING (Data Types and Pattern Matching): New section.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
1a2e649561
doc: Add note about .dir-locals.el.
* HACKING (Coding Style): Mention special indentation rules and
.dir-locals.el.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
e1c5a8357a
doc: Add a "Coding Style" section in 'HACKING'.
* HACKING (Coding Style): New section.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
67b1dd8dea
doc: Remove "Adding new packages" from `HACKING'.
* HACKING (Adding new packages): Remove since it's now in the manual.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
2d2ad98910
doc: Change `HACKING' to refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.
Reported by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
* HACKING: Replace "bug-guix" by "guix-devel".
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
8b2d9e5d44
doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.
* 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.
7 years ago
Nikita Karetnikov
84dbbc7651
doc: Add "Building from Git" to 'HACKING'.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
b208a00501
doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.
* HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
8b315a6dd5
doc: Add a "Porting" section.
* HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the
only approach.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
e20ec9cc51
doc: Mention copyright/license auditing in `HACKING'.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
e0b2737583
doc: Update bootstrap-related info in `HACKING'.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
9bf3c1a77d
doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.
* HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co.
(Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections.
* doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
7 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
f5fd436020
doc: Add the commit policy to HACKING.
* HACKING (Commit Access): New section.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
c6dbd50594
doc: Add "The Perfect Setup" in 'HACKING'.
* HACKING (The Perfect Setup): New section.
8 years ago
Nikita Karetnikov
e1f8f477de
Update 'HACKING'.
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update the example.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
08ba7ff318
Update `HACKING'.
* HACKING: Capitalize the title.
(Running Guix before it is installed): New section.
(Adding new packages): Update example.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
9149f1a087
doc: Update porting instructions in `HACKING'.
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update
instructions.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
3dc1970dda
doc: Document basic package definitions.
* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add introduction.
(Defining Packages): Populate.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
f8348b91ad
Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".
* 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.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
18633d4f35
distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).
* 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.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
59b775cca9
doc: Add "Adding new packages" in `HACKING'.
* HACKING (Adding new packages): New section.
8 years ago
Ludovic Courtès
450ccdc3aa
doc: Add `HACKING'.
* HACKING: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
8 years ago