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@title GNU Guix Reference Manual
@subtitle Using the GNU Guix Functional Package Manager
@author Ludovic Courtès
+@author Andreas Enge
@author Nikita Karetnikov
@page
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
Edition @value{EDITION} @*
@value{UPDATED} @*
-Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Court@`es
+Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Court@`es, Andreas Enge, Nikita Karetnikov
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -64,17 +65,6 @@ Documentation License.''
This document describes GNU Guix version @value{VERSION}, a functional
package management tool written for the GNU system.
-@quotation
-Copyright @copyright{} @value{YEARS} Ludovic Courtès
-
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A
-copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
-Documentation License.''
-@end quotation
-
@menu
* Introduction:: What is Guix about?
* Installation:: Installing Guix.
@@ -1502,7 +1492,7 @@ tools that help users exert that freedom.
@menu
* Installing Debugging Files:: Feeding the debugger.
* Package Modules:: Packages from the programmer's viewpoint.
-* Adding New Packages:: Growing the distribution.
+* Packaging Guidelines:: Growing the distribution.
* Bootstrapping:: GNU/Linux built from scratch.
* Porting:: Targeting another platform or kernel.
@end menu
@@ -1587,41 +1577,14 @@ distribution. The root of this dependency graph is a small set of
bootstrap)} module. For more information on bootstrapping,
@ref{Bootstrapping}.
-@node Adding New Packages
-@section Adding New Packages
+@node Packaging Guidelines
+@section Packaging Guidelines
The GNU distribution is nascent and may well lack some of your favorite
packages. This section describes how you can help make the distribution
grow. @ref{Contributing}, for additional information on how you can
help.
-@menu
-* Packaging Guidelines:: What goes into the distribution.
-* From the Source Tarball to the Package:: The story of a package.
-@end menu
-
-@node Packaging Guidelines
-@subsection Packaging Guidelines
-
-@c Adapted from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html.
-
-The GNU operating system has been developed so that users can have
-freedom in their computing. GNU is @dfn{free software}, meaning that
-users have the @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,four
-essential freedoms}: to run the program, to study and change the program
-in source code form, to redistribute exact copies, and to distribute
-modified versions. Packages found in the GNU distribution provide only
-software that conveys these four freedoms.
-
-In addition, the GNU distribution follow the
-@url{http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html,free
-software distribution guidelines}. Among other things, these guidelines
-reject non-free firmware, recommendations of non-free software, and
-discuss ways to deal with trademarks and patents.
-
-@node From the Source Tarball to the Package
-@subsection From the Source Tarball, to the Package Definition, to the Binary Package
-
Free software packages are usually distributed in the form of
@dfn{source code tarballs}---typically @file{tar.gz} files that contain
all the source files. Adding a package to the distribution means
@@ -1667,6 +1630,30 @@ package automatically downloads binaries from there (except when using
needed is to review and apply the patch.
+@menu
+* Software Freedom:: What may go into the distribution.
+@end menu
+
+@node Software Freedom
+@subsection Software Freedom
+
+@c Adapted from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html.
+
+The GNU operating system has been developed so that users can have
+freedom in their computing. GNU is @dfn{free software}, meaning that
+users have the @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,four
+essential freedoms}: to run the program, to study and change the program
+in source code form, to redistribute exact copies, and to distribute
+modified versions. Packages found in the GNU distribution provide only
+software that conveys these four freedoms.
+
+In addition, the GNU distribution follow the
+@url{http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html,free
+software distribution guidelines}. Among other things, these guidelines
+reject non-free firmware, recommendations of non-free software, and
+discuss ways to deal with trademarks and patents.
+
+
@node Bootstrapping
@section Bootstrapping
@@ -1836,8 +1823,8 @@ reason.
This project is a cooperative effort, and we need your help to make it
grow! Please get in touch with us on @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org}. We
welcome ideas, bug reports, patches, and anything that may be helpful to
-the project. We particularly welcome help on packaging (@pxref{Adding
-New Packages}).
+the project. We particularly welcome help on packaging
+(@pxref{Packaging Guidelines}).
Please see the
@url{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/HACKING,