Re: New to Guix

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> skribis:

> I finally found some time to test-install Guix and so far I like what
> I have seen. I had been playing with Nix in the past, so much of Guix
> is not completely new to me, and Scheme instead of Nix+bash is a
> welcome relief ;-)

Heh, welcome!  :-)

> I will probably write a couple of package definitions in the course of
> my further explorations, so I wonder how to contribute them to the
> project. Is it OK to post them to this mailing list?

Yes, at least at the beginning.  The ‘HACKING’ file has more info
regarding commit access and our policy.

> I also wonder if there are any conditions as to what software is
> acceptable for the package collection. From a quick look at what's
> there already, it seems everything with a reasonably free license is
> welcome. Did I guess right?

Exactly.  We package only free software, as per the broad definition
that can be found at <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>.

Since you’re already familiar with Nix already, you may like the ‘guix
import’ command (only briefly mentioned in the manual).  For instance,
you can run:

  guix import /path/to/nixpkgs foo

and that will import and convert the Nixpkgs definition for ‘foo’ to Guix.

However, please make sure to check the license information.

Happy hacking!

Ludo’.