[bug#58123] [PATCH] gnu: services: docker: Add docker-container-service-type

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Mája,

Did you have a chance to look into this?

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/58123

Thanks in advance,
Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

> Hello,
>
> Mája Tomášek <maya.tomasek@disroot.org> skribis:
>
>>> I would have two more asks:
>>>
>>>   1. Could you update doc/guix.texi to document the new service?  You
>>>      can mostly use ‘generate-documentation’ to produce the reference of
>>>      the configuration record, and then add a paragraph giving some
>>>      context and a documented example.
>>
>> Is that a command from make? I'm sorry I have never used it, I can
>> update it if I can generate it :)
>
> ‘generate-documentation’ is a procedure in (gnu services configuration):
>
>   
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Complex-Configurations.html#index-generate_002ddocumentation
>
>>>   2. Could you add a test under (gnu tests *)?  That would ensure the
>>>      service does not bitrot going forward.
>>
>> I'm not exactly sure what would that mean. Test that creates a container
>> and then runs it or...?
>
> I guess the test would start the Shepherd service, ensure it’s running,
> and attempt to talk to the running container one way or another.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.