I found the easiest way to answer those questions is to look at how other packages do it. The issue here isn't just that the documentation is lacking, but that

I found the easiest way to answer those questions is to look at how other packages do it. The issue here isn't just that the documentation is lacking, but that Guix wants to have everything done in Scheme, so you often run into the issue of having to translate code you already have running in Bash into whatever Scheme equivalent Guix wants.