Confused while submitting patch

2020-10-15 Thread Aniket Patil
Hi all, I am new when it comes to submitting patches through email. For my first patch, I copied all the body from the .path file and pasted in mail. Also from the subject line, I copied the subject and pasted it in the subject of my email. To be on the safer side I also attached a patch file to th

Re: Confused while submitting patch

2020-10-16 Thread Aniket Patil
Awesome, thanks! Sent patches today. On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 at 8:46 PM, Brett Gilio wrote: > Arun Isaac writes: > > > https://git-send-email.io/ is a good tutorial on setting up and using > > `git send-email`. > > > > Cheers! > > > > +1 on this recommendation. > > -- > Brett M. Gilio > bre...@gnu.

Help with .deb, .rpm and guix packaging.

2020-10-29 Thread Aniket Patil
Hi, There are GNU/Linux distros which are Debian-based or fedora(Redhat) based etc. What I know to my knowledge is GNU packages are .tar packages with .deb and .rpm file format, am I right? What I am wondering about how guix makes it happen? I mean are we bypassing the process of making the package

Writing Indian Languages on GNU/Linux

2020-11-05 Thread Aniket Patil
Hi, I am planning to start translating Guix manuals. I will first start with the cookbook, as its a smaller version, and can be translated faster I think, but If you suggest me to translate guix manual first, I will do so. I don't have much experience in writing Devnagari or Indian languages on GN

Guidance required, Using guix or GNU/Linux, for secrecy, privacy.

2020-11-06 Thread Aniket Patil
Hi, "I asked this question on guix-devel, as per suggestions I got over there, I am asking it again on help-guix". I don't know whether is this mailing list is appropriate to talk about this subject or not, but I am going forward, please don't get me wrong. I have been following Richard M. Stall

Re: Guidance required, Using guix or GNU/Linux, for secrecy, privacy.

2020-11-06 Thread Aniket Patil
Thank you very much Gary. This is very helpful. On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 at 12:09 AM, Gary Johnson wrote: > Aniket Patil writes: > > > I don't know whether is this mailing list is appropriate to talk about > this > > subject or not, but I am going forward, please don