Re: Blog: Guix packaging tutorial

[Pjotr Prins]

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.