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

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:16:08 -0400

Hello,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> 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.

It'd be useful indeed to have the NEWS file populated by the very people
who authored the features.  We could at least mention that doing so is
useful and appreciated in our contributing section.

Maxim