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Re: Release imminent!
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Nikita Karetnikov |
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Re: Release imminent! |
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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:15:05 -0500 |
> There are a few things to do by then: I’ll take care of augmenting the
> doc, we’ll apply Nikita’s --roll-back patch and I’ll probably add
> --upgrade.
I have some comments about the manual [1] and questions about Guix
itself.
1. Can we change quotes?
"Although GNU programs traditionally used 0x60 (‘`’) for opening and
0x27 (‘'’) for closing quotes, nowadays quotes ‘`like this'’ are
typically rendered asymmetrically, so quoting ‘"like this"’ or
‘'like this'’ typically looks better." [2]
2. "The build procedure for Guix is the same as for other GNU
software, and are not covered here." [1]
I think that it would be better to change it like this: "The build
procedure for Guix is the same as for other GNU software and it is not
covered here."
3. Could anyone add more about these?
`--disable-log-compression'
Disable compression of the build logs.
`--disable-store-optimization'
Disable automatic file "deduplication" in the store.
Do compression and optimization have any disadvantages?
4. "as a unprivileged user" [1] should be changed to "as an
unprivileged user."
5. Will it be possible to change 'guix-daemon' to run without root
privileges and also catch impurities?
I read the corresponding section. Does it describe the current
state of Guix or the limitations of the GNU system?
6. "By default, `guix-daemon' launches build processes under different
UIDs, taken from the build group specified with
`--build-users-group'. In addition, each build process is run in a
chroot environment that only contains the subset of the store that
the build process depends on, as specified by its derivation (*note
derivation: Programming Interface.), plus a set of specific system
directories." [1]
I guess that "runs" should be used instead of "is run."
7. "The command provides the obvious install, remove, and upgrade
operations. Each invocation is actually a _transaction_: either the
specified operation succeeds, or nothing happens. Thus, if the
`guix-package' processed is terminated during the transaction, or if a
power outage occurs during the transaction, then the user's profile
remains in its previous state, and remains usable." [1]
Will it be possible to resume the terminated transaction later?
It's useful if you have a bad connection.
8. "The `guix-gc' command has three modes of operations: it can be
used [...]" [1]
It would be better to remove "of operations."
9. What is the difference between 'guix-build' and 'guix-package -i'?
And why do we need both?
'guix-package -i' creates a new profile, right?
Nikita
[1] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/doc/guix.texi
[2] https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Quote-Characters
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Re: Release imminent!,
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