Subject: [bug#42351] [PATCH] doc: Warn against using the .scm extension for the channel news file.

From: Pierre Neidhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:48:52 +0200

* doc/guix.texi (Writing Channel News): Explain the issue with using the .scm
extension and possible workarounds; fix the example to use the .txt extension instead.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 17338ed764..0694ec07ca 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4340,6 +4340,12 @@ something like this:
          (body (en "Don't miss the @@code@{hello@} package!"))))
 @end lisp
 
+While the news file is using the Scheme syntax, avoid naming it with a
+@file{.scm} extension or else it will get picked up when building the
+channel and yield an error since it is not a valid module.
+Alternatively, you can move the channel module to a subdirectory and
+store the news file in another directory.
+
 The file consists of a list of @dfn{news entries}.  Each entry is
 associated with a commit or tag: it describes changes made in this
 commit, possibly in preceding commits as well.  Users see entries only
@@ -4358,7 +4364,7 @@ you write news entries in English first, the command below creates a PO
 file containing the strings to translate:
 
 @example
-xgettext -o news.po -l scheme -ken etc/news.scm
+xgettext -o news.po -l scheme -ken etc/news.txt
 @end example
 
 To sum up, yes, you could use your channel as a blog.  But beware, this
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2.27.0