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diff --git a/doc/forge.skb b/doc/forge.skb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..723d47f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forge.skb @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +;;; guix-forge --- Guix software forge meta-service +;;; Copyright © 2022 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> +;;; +;;; This file is part of guix-forge. +;;; +;;; guix-forge is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published +;;; by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, +;;; or (at your option) any later version. +;;; +;;; guix-forge is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU +;;; General Public License for more details. +;;; +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;;; along with guix-forge. If not, see +;;; <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +(use-modules (doc skribilo)) + +(document :title [guix-forge] + (chapter :title [Introduction] + (p [guix-forge is a Guix service that lets you run a complete +,(ref :url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software)" +:text "software forge") in the manner of GitHub, GitLab, etc. Unlike +other free software forges such as GitLab, Gitea, etc., guix-forge is +not a monolith but is an assemblage of several pieces of server +software wired up to function as one. In this sense, it is a +,(emph "meta-service"). guix-forge does for software forges what ,(ref +:url "https://mailinabox.email/" :text "Mail-in-a-Box") does for +email.]) + (p [guix-forge is provided on a best effort basis. Its +design is unstable, and open to change. We will try our best to not +break your system configuration often, but it might happen.]) + (section :title [Philosophy] + (p [In order to empower ordinary users, software should not just +be free (as in freedom), but also be simple and easy to deploy, +especially for small-scale deployments. guix-forge is therefore +minimalistic, and does not require running large database servers such +as MariaDB and PostgreSQL.]) + (p [While some state is inevitable, server software should +strive to be as stateless as an old analog television set. You switch +it on, and it works all the time. There are no pesky software updates, +and complex hidden state. guix-forge tries to be as stateless as +possible. Almost all of guix-forge's state can be version controlled, +and the rest are simple files that can be backed up easily.]) + (p [,(ref +:url "https://drewdevault.com/2018/07/23/Git-is-already-distributed.html" +:text "Git is already federated and decentralized") with +email. guix-forge acknowledges this and prefers to support git's ,(ref +:url "https://drewdevault.com/2018/07/02/Email-driven-git.html" +:text "email driven workflow") with project discussion, bug reports +and patches all happening over email.])))) |