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doc: Mention berlin.guixsd.org.

* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Server Authorization): Add note about
berlin.guixsd.org.  Nitpick.
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......@@ -2151,8 +2151,8 @@ also result from derivation builds, can be available as substitutes.
 
@cindex hydra
@cindex build farm
The @code{hydra.gnu.org} server is a front-end to an official build farm
that builds packages from the GNU distribution continuously for some
The @code{mirror.hydra.gnu.org} server is a front-end to an official build farm
that builds packages from Guix continuously for some
architectures, and makes them available as substitutes. This is the
default source of substitutes; it can be overridden by passing the
@option{--substitute-urls} option either to @command{guix-daemon}
......@@ -2201,6 +2201,17 @@ Then, you can run something like this:
# guix archive --authorize < @var{prefix}/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
@end example
 
@quotation Note
Similarly, the @file{berlin.guixsd.org.pub} file contains the public key
for the project's new build farm, reachable at
@indicateurl{https://berlin.guixsd.org}.
As of this writing @code{berlin.guixsd.org} is being upgraded so it can
better scale up, but you might want to give it a try. It is backed by
20 x86_64/i686 build nodes and may be able to provide substitutes more
quickly than @code{mirror.hydra.gnu.org}.
@end quotation
Once this is in place, the output of a command like @code{guix build}
should change from something like:
 
......@@ -2219,7 +2230,7 @@ to something like:
 
@example
$ guix build emacs --dry-run
The following files would be downloaded:
112.3 MB would be downloaded:
/gnu/store/pk3n22lbq6ydamyymqkkz7i69wiwjiwi-emacs-24.3
/gnu/store/2ygn4ncnhrpr61rssa6z0d9x22si0va3-libjpeg-8d
/gnu/store/71yz6lgx4dazma9dwn2mcjxaah9w77jq-cairo-1.12.16
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