On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:07:44PM +0200, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > > https://gitlab.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/HACKING.org > > Wow, this is a fantastic document! Is it mentioned anywhere? I wish I had > known about this before. I guess you've done most of the work already. > I'll make sure to mention your work and credit you in the blog article.
:) Also check out the DLANG and Ruby docs. They contain some gems. In particular where it comes to using a guix environment container to fix build issues (I just pushed that). > I could spot some mistakes: > > - it's "%outputs" with and "s", not "%output". > > - "–no-substites". Feel free to send me a patch/PR. There will be more. > I also agree with your point that starting off with complex packaging could > scare people away. So my suggestion is as follows: > > - Part 1: basics + gnu-build-system + importers > - Part 2: trivial-build-system + debug and REPL interaction. > > What do you think? Great. Pj.