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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-09-27 22:39:49 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-09-27 22:39:49 +0200
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doc: Move "Primary URL" after "Specifying Channel Authorizations".
* doc/guix.texi (Primary URL): Move after "Specifying Channel Authorizations" since the audience is channel authors who've already taken care of authorizations.
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@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ Channels
* Using a Custom Guix Channel:: Using a customized Guix.
* Replicating Guix:: Running the @emph{exact same} Guix.
* Channel Authentication:: How Guix verifies what it fetches.
-* Primary URL:: Distinguishing mirror to original.
* Creating a Channel:: How to write your custom channel.
* Package Modules in a Sub-directory:: Specifying the channel's package modules location.
* Declaring Channel Dependencies:: How to depend on other channels.
* Specifying Channel Authorizations:: Defining channel authors authorizations.
+* Primary URL:: Distinguishing mirror to original.
* Writing Channel News:: Communicating information to channel's users.
Development
@@ -4691,11 +4691,11 @@ updates.
* Using a Custom Guix Channel:: Using a customized Guix.
* Replicating Guix:: Running the @emph{exact same} Guix.
* Channel Authentication:: How Guix verifies what it fetches.
-* Primary URL:: Distinguishing mirror to original.
* Creating a Channel:: How to write your custom channel.
* Package Modules in a Sub-directory:: Specifying the channel's package modules location.
* Declaring Channel Dependencies:: How to depend on other channels.
* Specifying Channel Authorizations:: Defining channel authors authorizations.
+* Primary URL:: Distinguishing mirror to original.
* Writing Channel News:: Communicating information to channel's users.
@end menu
@@ -4852,29 +4852,6 @@ introduction from a trusted source since that is the root of your trust.
If you're curious about the authentication mechanics, read on!
-@cindex primary URL, channels
-@node Primary URL
-@section Primary URL
-
-Channel authors can indicate the primary URL of their channel's Git
-repository in the @file{.guix-channel} file, like so:
-
-@lisp
-(channel
- (version 0)
- (url "https://example.org/guix.git"))
-@end lisp
-
-This allows @command{guix pull} to determine whether it is pulling code
-from a mirror of the channel; when that is the case, it warns the user
-that the mirror might be stale and displays the primary URL. That way,
-users cannot be tricked into fetching code from a stale mirror that does
-not receive security updates.
-
-This feature only makes sense for authenticated repositories, such as
-the official @code{guix} channel, for which @command{guix pull} ensures
-the code it fetches is authentic.
-
@cindex personal packages (channels)
@cindex channels, for personal packages
@node Creating a Channel
@@ -5099,6 +5076,29 @@ authentication! Pay attention to merges in particular: merge commits
are considered authentic if and only if they are signed by a key present
in the @file{.guix-authorizations} file of @emph{both} branches.
+@cindex primary URL, channels
+@node Primary URL
+@section Primary URL
+
+Channel authors can indicate the primary URL of their channel's Git
+repository in the @file{.guix-channel} file, like so:
+
+@lisp
+(channel
+ (version 0)
+ (url "https://example.org/guix.git"))
+@end lisp
+
+This allows @command{guix pull} to determine whether it is pulling code
+from a mirror of the channel; when that is the case, it warns the user
+that the mirror might be stale and displays the primary URL. That way,
+users cannot be tricked into fetching code from a stale mirror that does
+not receive security updates.
+
+This feature only makes sense for authenticated repositories, such as
+the official @code{guix} channel, for which @command{guix pull} ensures
+the code it fetches is authentic.
+
@cindex news, for channels
@node Writing Channel News
@section Writing Channel News