Mandb does not include guix package man pages

2024-03-12 Thread Pan Xie
Hello I find this issue on both GuixSD and guix package manager on ArchLinux. The problem is `man -k' can not find manpages installed by guix. I believe the issue is caused by `mandb' does not include guix packages' man pages when generating its index database. Confirm sbcl is installed: #+b

Re: Handling expensive packages

2024-03-12 Thread Skyler Ferris
On 3/12/24 13:45, Peter Polidoro wrote: > If I remember correctly, that was a patch I submitted a couple of years ago > when I was attempting to package some embedded software tools, either the > zephyr west tool or platformio, both written in python. That sent me down the > rabbit hole of depe

Re: Contribute or create a channel?

2024-03-12 Thread Carlo Zancanaro
On Tue, Mar 12 2024, Attila Lendvai wrote: > channels are a step towards this, but they are not enough in their > current form to successfully accommodate for such a setup. an obvious > thing that is missing is a way to formally express inter-channel > dependencies, including some form of versionin

Re: Handling expensive packages

2024-03-12 Thread Peter Polidoro
You can ignore or delete this patch if it is causing problems. If I remember correctly, that was a patch I submitted a couple of years ago when I was attempting to package some embedded software tools, either the zephyr west tool or platformio, both written in python. That sent me down the rabb

Re: Handling expensive packages

2024-03-12 Thread jbranso
Hey Peter! Your patch found its way on onto the guix devel list! Thanks for contributing to guix! We want to add your patch, and we are wondering what your motivation was for sending this patch? Is your patch a prerequisite for a package you want to add? Or do you have some other reason? Th

Re: Contribute or create a channel?

2024-03-12 Thread Troy Figiel
Hi Attila, I know this wasn't directly sent to me, but I wanted to share a couple of thoughts anyway :-) On 2024-03-12 14:18, Attila Lendvai wrote: > my gut feeling is that new abstractions are needed that would enable > splitting the monorepo/community into less tightly coupled subgroups where

Re: rust-team branch merged

2024-03-12 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 11:48:53AM -0500, Jason Conroy wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 3:08 AM Efraim Flashner > wrote: > > > The transitive dependencies getting pulled in automatically should work > > automatically if we ever finish the antioxidant-build-system. > > > Since you bring up antiox

Re: Introduce Cuirass and remove Hydra on https://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html

2024-03-12 Thread Mark H Weaver
Simon Tournier writes: > Hi, > > Well, I do not see if there is a reply. If no, sorry! If yes, I am > just adding my own curiosity. :-) > > CC: guix-maintainers and guix-sysadmin > CC: Mark Weaver > > On lun., 08 janv. 2024 at 13:19, Jing Luo wrote: > >> I am Jing Luo, a new member from the GN

Re: Request to add a go-team branch and set it on CI.

2024-03-12 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Sharlatan, Sharlatan Hellseher writes: > Hi, > > I've set the branch go-team, not checked adding it on CI. > > Is there any login precision to it? If you have admin access to to https://ci.guix.gnu.org (see setup in info '(cuirass) Authentication') using the TLS certificate I provided to you

Re: Contribute or create a channel?

2024-03-12 Thread Attila Lendvai
> > the patch inflow to the guix repo is currently overwhelming the > > available capacity for review and pushing. > > > With an email like the one sent by Hartmut we can better arrange for > shepherding this large submission. (Nothing is to be gained from > repeatedly bemoaning well-known issues

Re: Mechanism for helping in multi-channels configuration

2024-03-12 Thread Attila Lendvai
> Although I concur with this need, I do not see how it would be help for > detecting compatibility between channels. :-) maybe i'm overthinking this, and all we need is a way to point to git commit ranges that are compatible. more specifically, i'm maintaining the guix-crypto channel, and i of

Re: Request to add a go-team branch and set it on CI.

2024-03-12 Thread Sharlatan Hellseher
Hi, I've set the branch go-team, not checked adding it on CI. Is there any login precision to it? Thanks, Oleg On Tue, 12 Mar 2024, 03:56 Maxim Cournoyer, wrote: > Hi, > > Simon Tournier writes: > > > Hi, > > > > CC: guix-maintainers > > CC: guix-sysadmin > > > > On lun., 22 janv. 2024 at 19