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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-07-28 15:24:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-07-28 15:24:37 +0200 |
| commit | 189b1543cbc2db50e6dd309e84bce4eb503f0493 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a52ae74e4def54170720ac6c22e7dbc7343246f | |
| parent | 6547708f718316dac79de845aabb7220122385a7 (diff) | |
doc: Mention separate branch for packages with many dependents.
Suggested by ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add note on packages with
more than 100 dependents.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index c0755bb895..6496e10a14 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -300,6 +300,13 @@ For important changes, check that dependent package (if applicable) are not affected by the change; @code{guix refresh --list-dependent @var{package}} will help you do that (@pxref{Invoking guix refresh}). +Packages with roughly 100 dependents or more usually have to be +committed to a separate branch. That branch can then be built +separately by our build farm, and later merged into @code{master} once +everything has been successfully built. This allows us to fix issues +before they hit users, and to reduce the window during which pre-built +binaries are not available. + @item @cindex determinism, of build processes @cindex reproducible builds, checking |