Re: [OUTREACHY]: Integration of desktop environments into GNU Guix

[Danny Milosavljevic]

Hi Raghav,

On Fri, 29 May 2020 17:01:26 -0400
Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan@disroot.org> wrote:

> > Please if you update the actual package from upstream, mention that fact in
> > the commit log.  If the actual upstream package changes, that's a serious
> > change, right?  People might wanna know where that happens.  
> 
> Sure! I usually mention the version update as a part of * gnu/packages
> [...]. Should that be enough or do I also mention as a part of gnu: [...]?

Also right in front, like "gnu: xxx: Update to 1.2.3.".  For better or for
worse that's what the majority of our git log looks--nobody does
"[version]: Update to 1.2.3.", although it would be technically correct.

> IIRC, propagated-inputs are installed along-side the package, whereas,
> inputs are not. But I do not see any use of mentioning something in both.

I think you did that in one of the packages, though.

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