Subject: [bug#42048] [PATCH 2/6] channels: Make channel introductions public.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 19:07:16 +0200

Kyle Meyer <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
>> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> [...]
>> +As a user, you must be @dfn{introduced} to a channel so you can start
>> +pulling from it and authenticate its code.  The @dfn{channel
>> +introduction} tells Guix how to authenticate the first commit of that
>> +channel:
>
> Given the colon, it looks like something is missing here.  Based on what
> comes next...
>
>> +
>> +As a user, you must provide a @dfn{channel introduction} in your
>> +channels file so that Guix knows how to authenticate its first commit.
>> +A channel specification, including its introduction, looks something
>> +along these lines:
>> +
>> +@lisp
>> +(channel
>> +  (name 'my-channel)
>> +  (url "https://example.org/my-channel.git")
>> +  (introduction
>> +   (make-channel-introduction
>> +    "6f0d8cc0d88abb59c324b2990bfee2876016bb86"
>> +    (openpgp-fingerprint
>> +     "CABB A931 C0FF EEC6 900D  0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5"))))
>> +@end lisp
>
> ... perhaps the second "As a user" paragraph was supposed to replace the
> first?

Yes, you were right.  I’ve changed it locally (not resending the whole
series).

Thanks!

Ludo’.