The amount of packages has more than tripled since this section was written.
Adjust the rebuild limits and cycle lengths based on current practices.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Increase 'staging' rebuild limit
to 1800 packages, and adjust the cycle to six weeks. Increase 'core-updates'
cycle to six months.
It's been a good run, but no one is maintaining the architecture.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change text for mips64el-linux
to denote it is deprecated.
(Daemon Offload Setup): Change occurrences of mips64el-linux to
aarch64-linux and adjust local code snippets.
(Guix Environment)[cross-compilation]: Change mips64el-linux-gnu to
aarch64-linux-gnu.
(GNU Build System)(package-cross-derivation]: Same.
(G-Expressions)[cross compilation]: Same.
(Additional Build Options)[cross-compilation, build logs]: Same.
(qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove mips64el.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Same.
* m4/guix.m4: (GUIX_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_SYSTEM): Remove mips64el-linux.
* doc/contributing.texi
(14.1 Building from Git,
14.3 The Perfect Setup,
14.4.1 Software Freedom,
14.4.4 Synopses and Descriptions,
14.5.4 Formatting Code):
Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it.
* doc/fdl-1.3.texi
(Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License):
Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it.
* doc/guix.texi
(6.3 Build Systems,
8.8.4 Networking Services,
8.8.8 Sound Services,
8.8.16 Web Services,
8.11 Name Service Switch,
12.2 Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries);
Use HTTPS for @uref{}s and @url{}s that support it.
Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Use HTTPS for ParEdit wiki page.
* gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-wget, emacs-iedit)[home-page]: Use HTTPS.
(emacs-transpose-frame)[source]: Likewise.
This is a followup to f8c143a713, which
allows syntax highlighting of @lisp snippets in the HTML output.
* doc/guix.texi, doc/contributing.texi: Use @lisp instead of @example
for all the Scheme snippets.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git, Running Guix Before It Is
Installed): Make instructions using Guix come first and clarify which code is
an instruction and which is merely an example.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Document how to enable qemu
binfmt service and how to use it.
Co-authored-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Suggested by swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>.
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Mention
that ./pre-inst-env is generated.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%pull-version): New variable.
(build-from-source): Pass #:pull-version to BUILD.
(whole-package-for-legacy, derivation->manifest-entry): New procedure.
(build-and-install): Rewrite in terms of 'build-and-use-profile'.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (maybe-suggest-running-guix-pull)[latest]:
Switch to "/current".
* scripts/guix.in (augment-load-paths!): Remove use of
~/.config/guix/latest.
* build-aux/compile-as-derivation.scm: Replace "/guix/latest/" with
"/current/share/guile/site/X.Y"
* guix/scripts.scm (warn-about-old-distro)[age]: Check "/current"
instead of "/latest".
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it.
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Remove
footnote about abusing ~/.config/guix/latest.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add a note about closing bug
threads by mailing to NNN-done@debbugs.gnu.org.
Suggested-by: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Searching for `git send-email' took you to the end of `Submitting Patches'
section which said
You may use your email client or the ‘git send-email’ command.
without further warning or remark.
* doc/contributing.texi (Sending a Patch Series): Move information about
debbugs bug 15361 to subsection. Add git-send-email index entries.
(Submitting Patches): Reference it.
