Subject: Re: bug#49425: [PATCH] guix-install.sh: Prompt for configuring substitutes discovery.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:40:06 +0200

Hi,

zimoun <[email-masked]> skribis:

>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index b0647b3700..ad9433a921 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Please send Guix bug reports to [email-masked].
>>  
>>  * Changes in 1.4.0 (since 1.3.0)
>>  ** Package management
>> -   * New 'deb' format for the 'guix pack' command
>> +*** New 'deb' format for the 'guix pack' command
>> +** Distribution
>> +*** The installation script can now configure substitute discovery
>>  
>>  * Changes in 1.3.0 (since 1.2.0)
>>  ** Package management
>
>>>From my point of view, this is a good practise. :-)  Especially when
> preparing a new release. ;-)
>
> Now, is it a standard practise?  I mean, is it asked to committers to do
> it more systematically for the changes that require it?

I think we should aim to make it standard practice!

The worst that could happen is that we’d end up with an overly detailed
‘NEWS’, but that’s probably better than the other way around.

Ludo’.