bug#32845: guix.info: Missing manual

[Ludovic Courtès]

Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:

>> Currently, the manual shown on guix.info is fairly close to the latest
>> in git.  This means it contains documentation about channels, which
>> cannot be found in the latest release that matches the manual on
>> gnu.org.
>
> This is crucial, I believe.  I believe.  "Static" documentation is a Bad Idea.
> I think the manual is better than a wiki, but only if contributors can work on
> it "live".

One obvious problem with documentation on the web is that it’s hard to
tell if it matches the version of what you’re actually using.  (That’s
one of the reasons for the “Documentation” section in the manual.)

The only reason IMO that justifies keeping “static” documentation (for
the latest release) is the installation instructions: these may change
anytime in ‘master’, but it’s important that those on-line match what
people will actually download.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.