HACKING

   1 -*- mode: org; coding: utf-8; -*-
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   3 #+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and Its Incredible Distro
   4
   5 Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
   6 Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
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   8   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   9   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
  10   notice and this notice are preserved.
  11
  12 * Contributing
  13
  14 See the manual for useful hacking informations, either by running
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  16   info -f doc/guix.info "(guix) Contributing"
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  18 or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Contributing][web copy of the manual]].
  19
  20 * Commit Access
  21
  22 For frequent contributors, having write access to the repository is
  23 convenient.  When you deem it necessary, feel free to ask for it on the
  24 mailing list.  When you get commit access, please make sure to follow the
  25 policy below (discussions of the policy can take place on guix-devel@gnu.org.)
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  27 Non-trivial patches should always be posted to guix-devel@gnu.org (trivial
  28 patches include fixing typos, etc.)
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  30 For patches that just add a new package, and a simple one, it’s OK to commit,
  31 if you’re confident (which means you successfully built it in a chroot setup,
  32 and have done a reasonable copyright and license auditing.)  Likewise for
  33 package upgrades, except upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds (for example,
  34 upgrading GnuTLS or GLib.)  We have a mailing list for commit notifications
  35 (guix-commits@gnu.org), so people can notice.  Before pushing your changes,
  36 make sure to run ‘git pull --rebase’.
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  38 For anything else, please post to guix-devel@gnu.org and leave time for a
  39 review, without committing anything.  If you didn’t receive any reply
  40 after two weeks, and if you’re confident, it’s OK to commit.
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  42 That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit
  43 directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with.