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[PATCH] DRAFT website: Add page listing branches.

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 49334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#49334] [PATCH] DRAFT website: Add page listing branches.
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 09:52:32 +0200

Hi Ludo,

On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 06:29:04PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Guix!
> 
> This is something we discussed at the last Guix Days: having a dashboard
> showing the active Git branches, their status, applicable constraints,
> and a target “freeze” date (one consensual proposal was that, instead of
> actually freezing the branch, we’d fork it as ‘BRANCH-frozen’ or something
> like that, leaving the branch open for further changes).
> 
> This patch against guix-artwork.git is an attempt at providing a low-tech
> dashboard.  I think it’s a good starting point, and certainly better than
> nothing.  :-)
> 
> What do people think?

I like it.  Thank you!


> I’m also not sure what to do with
> menu entries.  One last thing: we’ll need to list the ‘staging’ branch etc.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Ludo’.

I don’t know, but maybe it should be in the About Guix menu on the
website?

Maybe the Guix manual should refer to https://guix.gnu.org/branches/ when
it is online?


> * website/apps/development/builder.scm,
> website/apps/development/data.scm:
> website/apps/development/templates/branches.scm,
> website/apps/development/templates/components.scm,
> website/static/development/css/branches.css: New files.

s/data.scm:/data.scm,/





> +++ b/website/apps/development/data.scm
> […]]
> +(define branches
> +  (list (branch "master"
> +                #:synopsis (G_ "Main development branch")
> +                #:description
> +                (G_
> +                 `(p "This is the main development branch, which "
> +                     (code "guix pull") " fetches by default.  It should "
> +                     "contain only well-tested packages changes that do not "
> +                     "trigger more than 300 package rebuilds per "
> +                     "architecture.  Run "
> +                     (code ,(G_ (manual-href "guix refresh -l"
> +                                             (G_ "en")
> +                                             (G_ "Invoking-guix-refresh.html")))) " "
> +                     "for an estimate of the number of rebuilds triggered "
> +                     "by a package change.")))
> +        (branch "core-updates"
> +                #:synopsis (G_ "Changes to core packages and build tools")
> +                #:description
> +                (G_
> +                 `(p "This branch receives changes to core packages "
> +                     "that entail of most packages, and changes to "

s/entail of/entail/

Regards,
Florian

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