Hi Nils,
> I think we discussed something similar briefly. Or at least package > attached metadata which ends up in a '/guix' folder of the output. > I've been following (not yet implementing) a similar idea, where > such messages are either local mail and/or end up in a (mapped to guix:) > '/guix/doc/' folder, where files are named like > $applicationname-$version.number.NAME.note > where '.note' is just a basic txt file. > These notes could contain messages specific to the OS, the architecture, > general > advice, etc. > > Not really well thought through yet, but that's a start. > > Think of it not as description or synopsis part, but rather let's say > (in theory): > (note "STRING") or (note (list "NOTE 1" > "NOTE 2")). This is not a bad idea, in my opinion. It could be useful to have application-specific setup notes in a well-known location that is gathered when the profile is built. I would not like these notes to be printed automatically upon installation, but generating a file with important notes seems like a good idea in general. -- Ricardo
