services: udev: Make /dev/kvm 666 as a workaround.
* gnu/services/base.scm (kvm-udev-rule): Change /dev/kvm mode to 666 to
work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/18994>.
system: grub: Add preliminary support for themes.
* gnu/system/grub.scm (<grub-image>, <grub-theme>): New record types.
(%artwork-repository, %background-image): New variables.
(<grub-configuration>)[theme]: New field.
(svg->png, resize-image, grub-background-image, eye-candy): New
procedures.
(grub-configuration-file): Use 'eye-candy' and add it in BUILDER.
vm: The 'run-vm' scripts now passes its arguments to QEMU.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add "$@" at
the end of the script.
(common-qemu-options): Remove trailing newline.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
gnu: slim: Update URL.
Reported by Felipe López <felipe.lopez@openmailbox.org>.
* gnu/packages/slim.scm (slim)[origin, home-page]: Update URL.
vm: Fix 'vm --full-boot' to produce a sufficient disk image.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store): Add
#:disk-image-size and #:full-boot? parameters and honor them. Pass
'#:copy-inputs? full-boot?', and change #:inputs argument.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Pass
#:disk-image-size to 'system-qemu-image/shared-store'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Mention use of '--image-size' in
conjunction with '--full-boot'.
gnu: acct: Update to 6.6.2.
* gnu/packages/acct.scm (acct): Update to 6.6.2.
gnu: Add mozjs (Mozilla Spidermonkey).
* gnu/packages/polkit.scm: New file.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Register new file.
gnu: libassuan: Update to 2.1.3.
* gnu/packages/gnupg.scm (libassuan): Update to 2.1.3.
gnu: grub: Add dependency on GNU Unifont.
* gnu/packages/grub.scm (unifont): New variable.
(grub)[arguments]: Copy and unzip Unifont in 'patch-stuff' phase.
[native-inputs]: Add UNIFONT.
vm: Support 'guix system vm --full-boot'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add
#:full-boot? parameter and honor it.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Likewise.
(perform-action): Likewise.
(show-help): Document '--full-boot'.
(%options): Add '--full-boot'.
(guix-system): Add #:full-boot? argument in call to 'perform-action'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
doc: Emphasize the availability of two user interfaces.
* doc/guix.texi (Package Management): Add a word about the two user
interfaces.
services: xorg: Add argv[0] in X invocation.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command): Add missing argv[0] in
'execl' call.
gnu: xf86-video-intel: Swap input libdrm with mesa.
* gnu/packages/xorg.scm (xf86-video-intel): Drop input libdrm, add input
mesa.
lint: Allow synopses that start with an abbreviation.
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (starts-with-abbreviation?): New procedure.
(check-synopsis-style)[check-start-with-package-name]: Use it.
* tests/lint.scm ("synopsis: start with abbreviation"): New test.
lint: Skip starting-article test for the synopses of GNU packages.
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (check-synopsis-style)[check-start-article]:
Change to (const #t) when PACKAGE matches 'gnu-package?'.
lint: Tolerate sentences that start with a parenthesis or a quote.
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (properly-starts-sentence?): Add (, ", and ' as
valid beginnings.
lint: Improve check for synopses starting with package name.
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (package-name-regexp): New procedure.
(check-synopsis-style)[check-start-with-package-name]: Use it instead
of 'string-prefix-ci?'.
* tests/lint.scm ("synopsis: start with package name prefix"): New test.
gnu: cppunit: Add missing space in description.
* gnu/packages/check.scm (cppunit)[description]: Add missing space.
lint: Simplify no-warnings tests.
* tests/lint.scm ("description: may start with a digit"): Replace
(not (string-contains exp str)) with (string-null? exp).
("description: may start with lower-case package name"): Likewise.
("description: end-of-sentence detection with abbreviations"):
Likewise.
("synopsis: may start with a digit"): Likewise.
("synopsis: ends with 'etc.'"): Likewise.