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authorEric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>2018-12-03 08:47:20 -0600
committerEric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>2018-12-03 08:56:06 -0600
commita8fdca11d85296b4df1b60a0c8ce4e33c92759af (patch)
treeb72f51a4ad9cd8a03d49759a74eaac394a121b6f
parentb9914c479445a85b2caf284c50f8a242f0f8f0bd (diff)
doc: Remove footnotes about guile-json requirements.
Follow-up to 6efccabe4e2e3ea1bd14cd0e81bdb83d5f6baaea. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import)[pypi, gem, cpan, json]: Remove footnotes mentioning requirement for Guile-JSON.
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi39
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index b0aa5aa8721..7158a1d0910 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6963,12 +6963,11 @@ refresh, @code{--key-download}}.
6963@item pypi 6963@item pypi
6964@cindex pypi 6964@cindex pypi
6965Import metadata from the @uref{https://pypi.python.org/, Python Package 6965Import metadata from the @uref{https://pypi.python.org/, Python Package
6966Index}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed. 6966Index}. Information is taken from the JSON-formatted description
6967@xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the JSON-formatted 6967available at @code{pypi.python.org} and usually includes all the relevant
6968description available at @code{pypi.python.org} and usually includes all 6968information, including package dependencies. For maximum efficiency, it
6969the relevant information, including package dependencies. For maximum 6969is recommended to install the @command{unzip} utility, so that the
6970efficiency, it is recommended to install the @command{unzip} utility, so 6970importer can unzip Python wheels and gather data from them.
6971that the importer can unzip Python wheels and gather data from them.
6972 6971
6973The command below imports metadata for the @code{itsdangerous} Python 6972The command below imports metadata for the @code{itsdangerous} Python
6974package: 6973package:
@@ -6987,16 +6986,14 @@ in Guix.
6987 6986
6988@item gem 6987@item gem
6989@cindex gem 6988@cindex gem
6990Import metadata from @uref{https://rubygems.org/, 6989Import metadata from @uref{https://rubygems.org/, RubyGems}. Information
6991RubyGems}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be 6990is taken from the JSON-formatted description available at
6992installed. @xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the 6991@code{rubygems.org} and includes most relevant information, including
6993JSON-formatted description available at @code{rubygems.org} and includes 6992runtime dependencies. There are some caveats, however. The metadata
6994most relevant information, including runtime dependencies. There are 6993doesn't distinguish between synopses and descriptions, so the same string
6995some caveats, however. The metadata doesn't distinguish between 6994is used for both fields. Additionally, the details of non-Ruby
6996synopses and descriptions, so the same string is used for both fields. 6995dependencies required to build native extensions is unavailable and left
6997Additionally, the details of non-Ruby dependencies required to build 6996as an exercise to the packager.
6998native extensions is unavailable and left as an exercise to the
6999packager.
7000 6997
7001The command below imports metadata for the @code{rails} Ruby package: 6998The command below imports metadata for the @code{rails} Ruby package:
7002 6999
@@ -7014,9 +7011,7 @@ in Guix.
7014 7011
7015@item cpan 7012@item cpan
7016@cindex CPAN 7013@cindex CPAN
7017Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}@footnote{This 7014Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}.
7018functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed.
7019@xref{Requirements}.}.
7020Information is taken from the JSON-formatted metadata provided through 7015Information is taken from the JSON-formatted metadata provided through
7021@uref{https://fastapi.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most 7016@uref{https://fastapi.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most
7022relevant information, such as module dependencies. License information 7017relevant information, such as module dependencies. License information
@@ -7100,10 +7095,8 @@ guix import texlive --archive=generic ifxetex
7100 7095
7101@item json 7096@item json
7102@cindex JSON, import 7097@cindex JSON, import
7103Import package metadata from a local JSON file@footnote{This 7098Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following
7104functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed. 7099example package definition in JSON format:
7105@xref{Requirements}.}. Consider the following example package
7106definition in JSON format:
7107 7100
7108@example 7101@example
7109@{ 7102@{