Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread kiasoc5
On 7/13/23 11:21, Csepp wrote: Robby Zambito writes: Hi Sarthak, As of now, it's a bit difficult for beginners to find answers to their problems in the mailing list or in IRC logs as they aren't very easy to navigate compared to forum threads. I personally think that it would be wiser to

Re: Add hare compiler

2023-07-14 Thread Csepp
Ekaitz Zarraga writes: > Hi > > I made a possible package for the Hare compiler: > https://harelang.org/installation/ > > But I'm not sure how we should handle a couple of things. > > The dependencies are propagated while maybe we should mention which are the > inputs and set them to be called

Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
> > The reason why I'm suggesting a move away from mailing lists is that it is > > a lot easier to follow threads on forums. > > Have you thought about maybe using Debbugs to compartmentalize the > discussions of some topics? Besides debbugs, I recall one other interesting example of integrati

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi Pierre, On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM Pierre Langlois wrote: > > Attribution is always nice of course, but mistakes happen Thank you for your kind and generous reaction to the innocent oversight. Please have a good weekend! Kind regards Felix

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread John Kehayias
Hi Pierre! On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 07:12 PM, Pierre Langlois wrote: > Hi John! > > John Kehayias writes: > >> Bringing back up an old thread, but >> >> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 05:55 AM, John Kehayias wrote: >> >>> Dear Andreas and fellow Guix-ers, >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 04:09 PM, Andrea

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread John Kehayias
Hi Felix, On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 09:52 AM, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi John, > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 9:37 AM John Kehayias > wrote: >> >> Unfortunately >> I managed to clobber the author line in the git log after editing and >> testing locally, sorry about that! (Anything that can be done to

Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
HI Sarthak, On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 2:18 PM Sarthak Shah wrote: > > The reason why I'm suggesting a move away from mailing lists is that it is a > lot easier to follow threads on forums. Have you thought about maybe using Debbugs to compartmentalize the discussions of some topics? I think that

Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread Sarthak Shah
Hey Andy, That's definitely not the case. I've used that method of search with other GNU/Linux distribution forums, and it has always worked. Have you had that issue before? The reason why I'm suggesting a move away from mailing lists is that it is a lot easier to follow threads on forums. You hav

Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi Robby and Sarthak, On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 7:17 AM Robby Zambito wrote: > > I personally think that it would be wiser to improve the documentation > relating to the mailing lists and IRC logs I'm technically one of the administrators of forums.debian.net and would not recommend web-based "for

Add hare compiler

2023-07-14 Thread Ekaitz Zarraga
Hi I made a possible package for the Hare compiler: https://harelang.org/installation/ But I'm not sure how we should handle a couple of things. The dependencies are propagated while maybe we should mention which are the inputs and set them to be called from the store directly, should we? And a

Re: A Forum for Guix Users

2023-07-14 Thread Andy Tai
forums are not good because they are not as transparent as mailing lists--you can search the guix mailing lists with Google, Bing or whatever search engine you use, for example. Forum? probably not Maybe an editable (wiki) site for FAQ will be good for sharing common questions/answers.

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread Pierre Langlois
Hi John! John Kehayias writes: > Bringing back up an old thread, but > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 05:55 AM, John Kehayias wrote: > >> Dear Andreas and fellow Guix-ers, >> >> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 04:09 PM, Andreas Enge wrote: >> > [...] >>> Each and every package is not yet in shape; please fee

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi John, On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 9:37 AM John Kehayias wrote: > > Unfortunately > I managed to clobber the author line in the git log after editing and > testing locally, sorry about that! (Anything that can be done to fix > that?) Giving proper attribution can be essential in group projects. Yo

Re: Core-updates merge

2023-07-14 Thread John Kehayias
Bringing back up an old thread, but On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 05:55 AM, John Kehayias wrote: > Dear Andreas and fellow Guix-ers, > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 04:09 PM, Andreas Enge wrote: > [...] >> Each and every package is not yet in shape; please feel free to submit >> patches for your favourite

Re: 06/24: gnu: mig: Update to 1.8+git20230520.

2023-07-14 Thread Christopher Baines
guix-comm...@gnu.org writes: > jpoiret pushed a commit to branch master > in repository guix. > > commit 999a6ac0cfd9339e138007ed9e4e544a55e92e3e > Author: Josselin Poiret > AuthorDate: Mon May 22 11:04:17 2023 +0200 > > gnu: mig: Update to 1.8+git20230520. > > * gnu/packages/hurd.scm (m