Subject: Re: bug#47297: Release 1.2.1 checklist: eolie (manual example)

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:30:41 -0400

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 07:52:40PM +0100, zimoun wrote:
> To me they are very important because ’eolie’ is in the manual:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> guix environment --preserve='^DISPLAY$' --container --network \
>   --expose=/etc/machine-id \
>   --expose=/etc/ssl/certs/ \
>   --share=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/=$HOME/.local/share/eolie/ \
>   --ad-hoc eolie nss-certs dbus --  eolie
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Invoking-guix-environment>
> 
> 
> Therefore, from my point of view, we have only 2 options:
> 
>  1- change the example in the manual
>  2- fix eolie.

Understood.

> Otherwise, I am not comfortable to release broken examples.  Since
> releasing a rolling release is more about advertisement and attract new
> users, having broken examples is something really confusing––not to say
> unacceptable—–for these new users.

I agree.

Can you add these bugs to the checklist?