March 2, 2024 at 4:53 PM, "Andy Tai" <a...@atai.org> wrote:
> > Hi, curious if anyone has done such a task: setting up a channel for > the pending patches for package definitions. I believe you are describing the guixrus channel. https://sr.ht/~whereiseveryone/guixrus/ They will take WIP packages, and they help you to merge them upstream. Joshua > > Since pending patches for package updates take long time to process > and merge. I wonder if anyone has set up a channel that contains the > patches applied on top of the Guix git repo so such a channel would > bring the pending changes to end users who use this channel before the > official Guix git repo is updated (applying the package definition > patches). > > This is not about a permanent fork of the Guix repo or a special > channel like guix games for some specific types of packages like say > games. > > Better yet, if anyone has set up a substitution server for this update > channel, info on that would be even better. > > This is assuming some risks, such as update patches may have errors, > that may break things > > Curious if anyone's experience in doing this, any issues running such > setup, etc. >
