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| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 7 |
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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 9e47b9703b..0231c7d84d 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ in the form of patches as produced by ‘git format-patch’ sent to guix-devel@gnu.org. Please write commit logs in the [[http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html#Change-Logs][GNU ChangeLog format]]; you can check the commit history for examples. +Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a package definition, please +run ‘guix lint PACKAGE’, where PACKAGE is the name of the new or modified +package, and fix any errors it reports. In addition, please make sure the +package builds on your platform, using ‘guix build’. You may also want to +check that dependent package (if applicable) are not affected by the change; +‘guix refresh --list-dependent PACKAGE’ will help you do that. + When posting a patch to the mailing list, use "[PATCH] ..." as a subject. You may use your email client or the ‘git send-mail’ command. |