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[PATCH 0/3] doc: cookbook: Manual libvirt networking.

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 77153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#77153] [PATCH 2/3] doc: cookbook: Clarify virtual network switches.
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:18:09 +0900

Hi,

45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Virtual Machines): [Routed network for
>>> libvirt] {Creating a virtual network switch}: Remove unnecessarily
>>> noncommital language ("a few components/configurations, such as...").
>>> Correct 'TUN interface', as bridges are currently used.  Add a link to
>>> the libvirt Wiki for more information.
>>
>> I'm also not sure of the benefit here; we drop some words but refer the
>> user to an external wiki page instead, which seems worst to me.
>
> If you look carefully at the patch, you'll see that the dropping of
> words doesn't actually remove any information; it just makes the
> langauge a bit more definite and confident.
>
> As I mentioned in my previous message [1], the official libvirt
> documentation links to the Wiki, so it should be authoritative enough
> for our purposes. The information in that article there is especially
> relevant to the topic of this subsection, so I think it's worth having
> the link.

OK, I'm convinced.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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