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[PATCH] Add a TLDR entry to the cookbook for building Guix from Git.
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Message #41 received at 53827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Hi,
On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 at 14:39, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Pierre-Henry Fröhring <contact <at> phfrohring.com> skribis:
>
> > I try to make Guix our default package manager. It's really wonderful
> > so far. To that end, I need TLDRs so that less experienced
> > developpers can get going /fast/. Deeper understanding will come in
> > time.
> >
> > I also need to convince that Guix is /easy/ to third parties. I need
> > to /show/ that /installing/, /configuring/ and /using/ Guix is fast
> > and efficient. I found out that TLDRs are great tools for that.
> >
> > I need to have small TLDRs so that when things go wrong, it's easy to
> > know where and fix either the TLDR or the manual steps. Also,
> > sometimes, things go wrong and are not documented. /E.g./ setting
> > ~LC_ALL=C.UTF-8~ will make Guix complain even after installing ~guix
> > install glibc-utf8-locales~. I can factor this knowledge inside these
> > TLDR fast.
>
> No argument here, I very much understand why as a user or potential
> contributor one would want to-the-point documentation as a first step.
>
> I also want to be able to understand what I’m doing though—maybe not at
> first, but soon enough. That’s why I don’t feel comfortable giving a
> raw list of commands without explanations.
For what it is worth, I wrote a version for some users here:
<https://simon.tournier.info/posts/2021-10-12-add-guix-package.html>
The manual is good (even really good!) once I am able to explicitly
formulate what I want. That's the job of the Cookbook (or any other
materials): fill the gap, IMHO.
Cheers,
simon
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