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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 44bec00236..88128e5498 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ It is a good idea to strip commit identifiers in the @code{version} field to, say, 7 digits. It avoids an aesthetic annoyance (assuming aesthetics have a role to play here) as well as problems related to OS limits such as the maximum shebang length (127 bytes for the Linux -kernel.) It is best to use the full commit identifiers in +kernel). It is best to use the full commit identifiers in @code{origin}s, though, to avoid ambiguities. A typical package definition may look like this: @@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ your @code{operating-system} configuration: @lisp (service qemu-binfmt-service-type (qemu-binfmt-configuration - (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64" "mips64el")) + (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64")) (guix-support? #t))) @end lisp @@ -951,7 +951,6 @@ commands, respectively: @example guix build --system=armhf-linux --rounds=2 hello guix build --system=aarch64-linux --rounds=2 hello -guix build --system=mips64el-linux --rounds=2 hello @end example @item @@ -1278,6 +1277,14 @@ When pushing a commit on behalf of somebody else, please add a with @command{git am --signoff}. This improves tracking of who did what. +When adding channel news entries (@pxref{Channels, Writing Channel +News}), make sure they are well-formed by running the following command +right before pushing: + +@example +make check-channel-news +@end example + For anything else, please post to @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} and leave time for a review, without committing anything (@pxref{Submitting Patches}). If you didn’t receive any reply after two weeks, and if |