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[PATCH 0/2] Add channels field to guix-configuration

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Message #35 received at 49610 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Antero Mejr <antero <at> mailbox.org>, 49610 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ludo <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#49610] [PATCH v3] services: guix: Add channels field.
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 12:40:40 +0200

Hi,

Sorry if I am missing something.  A comment about the consistency of the
manual. :-)  The section “Invoking guix pull” mentions:

        Specifically, @command{guix pull} downloads code from the @dfn{channels}
        (@pxref{Channels}) specified by one of the followings, in this order:

        @enumerate
        @item
        the @option{--channels} option;
        @item
        the user's @file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} file;
        @item
        the system-wide @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} file;
        @item
        the built-in default channels specified in the @code{%default-channels}
        variable.
        @end enumerate

On jeu., 25 mai 2023 at 20:12, Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> -customized by defining @dfn{channels} in the
> -@file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} file.  A channel specifies a URL and branch
> +customized by defining @dfn{channels} in the @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} and
> +@file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} files.  A channel specifies a URL and branch

I find this wording confusing.  I would suggest:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
A channel specifies a URL and branch customized by defining
@dfn{channels} in the @file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} file, and/or
the @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} file and/or the built-in default
specified in the @code{%default-channels} variable.  Guix honors the
channels file in that previous order (@xref{Invoking guix pull}).
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

or something like that.  Keeping in mind that this part is not Guix
System specific.

WDYT?

Cheers,
simon

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