Ludovic Courtès (2015-05-31 22:20 +0300) wrote: > Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> skribis: > >> When reacting, I didn't realize that most of your statement is actually >> documented in the recent "Running Guix Before It Is Installed" node in >> doc/guix.texi. >> >> Nevertheless, I find it not really relevant to give hacking information >> in chapter 'Installation'. > > Agreed but... > >> The attached patch tries to give a better consistency in the location >> of these useful informations. > > ... c71979f just did the opposite move, so no. :-) > >> Even if I find this patch appropriate ;-), my personnal preference would >> be to delete HACKING, and move all its informations in the chapter >> 'Contributing' of the Holy Bible (with appropriate refinement of >> course!) and refer to it in README. Opinions about this? > > Yeah, probably. I’m not completely sure about moving things like patch > submission and coding style in there; on one hand, it’s not something > one would expect in a “user manual”, but on the other hand, it’s nice to > have everything consistently maintained in one place. > > Another option would be to have a second .texi document for these things > (like Findutils, which has a ‘findutils-maint’ document.) > > What do people think?
I don't have a strong opinion. It might be a separate “Hacking” (or whatever) section in the current manual or another “maint” info manual. Both solutions look good to me. I have a slight preference for the first variant though. -- Alex
