Re: Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Omar Radwan writes: > Is there like a manual or something that can help me? There is: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html A manual in info format is also included in the download. You can read it in Emacs or any other info reader.

Re: Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread rekado
Omar Radwan writes: > I want to help out with guix and dmd development, but the problem is that I > am not a very experienced programmer at all. I was wondering what other > ways are there for me to help out? One way to contribute is by using Guix as a package manager on top of an existing GNU/Lin

Re: Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread rekado
Omar Radwan writes: > I could see into doing all that. How about documentation? I'm fluent with > English, And Arabic. Is there help needed there? I'm not familiar with exactly how translations are handled, but I think it's done on . There's an Engl

Re: Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread Omar Radwan
Ok, I'll check that out. About packaging, is there a specific build script that I have to use, like the SlackBuild? Or is there another way. I've never packaged software for any distro before, but I have compiled for personal use. Is there like a manual or something that can help me? On Dec 24, 20

Re: Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread Omar Radwan
>One way to contribute is by using Guix >as a package manager on top of an >existing GNU/Linux distribution and to >report bugs. Another way is to >try to package up missing free >software that you would like to be >available through Guix. Writing >package specifications is not very >difficult an

Is help wanted?Needed?

2014-12-24 Thread Omar Radwan
Hello, I want to help out with guix and dmd development, but the problem is that I am not a very experienced programmer at all. I was wondering what other ways are there for me to help out?

Re: [PATCH 4/4] gnu: matplotlib: Add gtk3 backends.

2014-12-24 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Federico Beffa skribis: > >> The build does finish as I've tested it on my machine before >> committing the package. However, for some reason, guix needs very long >> to generate the derivation. On my machine (quad-core Xeon E5520) >> python2-matplotlib ta