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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 68d8e7e2fb..91a87ef2dd 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -468,6 +468,14 @@ Please follow our code formatting rules, possibly running the @command{etc/indent-code.el} script to do that automatically for you (@pxref{Formatting Code}). +@item +When possible, use mirrors in the source URL (@pxref{Invoking guix download}). +Use reliable URLs, not generated ones. For instance, GitHub archives are not +necessarily identical from one generation to the next, so in this case it's +often better to clone the repository. Don't use the @command{name} field in +the URL: it is not very useful and if the name changes, the URL will probably +be wrong. + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as |