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doc: Remove footnotes about guile-json requirements.

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Follow-up to 6efccabe4e.

* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import)[pypi, gem, cpan, json]: Remove
footnotes mentioning requirement for Guile-JSON.
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@ -6963,12 +6963,11 @@ refresh, @code{--key-download}}.
@item pypi
@cindex pypi
Import metadata from the @uref{https://pypi.python.org/, Python Package
Index}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed.
@xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the JSON-formatted
description available at @code{pypi.python.org} and usually includes all
the relevant information, including package dependencies. For maximum
efficiency, it is recommended to install the @command{unzip} utility, so
that the importer can unzip Python wheels and gather data from them.
Index}. Information is taken from the JSON-formatted description
available at @code{pypi.python.org} and usually includes all the relevant
information, including package dependencies. For maximum efficiency, it
is recommended to install the @command{unzip} utility, so that the
importer can unzip Python wheels and gather data from them.
The command below imports metadata for the @code{itsdangerous} Python
package:
@ -6987,16 +6986,14 @@ in Guix.
@item gem
@cindex gem
Import metadata from @uref{https://rubygems.org/,
RubyGems}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be
installed. @xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the
JSON-formatted description available at @code{rubygems.org} and includes
most relevant information, including runtime dependencies. There are
some caveats, however. The metadata doesn't distinguish between
synopses and descriptions, so the same string is used for both fields.
Additionally, the details of non-Ruby dependencies required to build
native extensions is unavailable and left as an exercise to the
packager.
Import metadata from @uref{https://rubygems.org/, RubyGems}. Information
is taken from the JSON-formatted description available at
@code{rubygems.org} and includes most relevant information, including
runtime dependencies. There are some caveats, however. The metadata
doesn't distinguish between synopses and descriptions, so the same string
is used for both fields. Additionally, the details of non-Ruby
dependencies required to build native extensions is unavailable and left
as an exercise to the packager.
The command below imports metadata for the @code{rails} Ruby package:
@ -7014,9 +7011,7 @@ in Guix.
@item cpan
@cindex CPAN
Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}@footnote{This
functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed.
@xref{Requirements}.}.
Import metadata from @uref{https://www.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN}.
Information is taken from the JSON-formatted metadata provided through
@uref{https://fastapi.metacpan.org/, MetaCPAN's API} and includes most
relevant information, such as module dependencies. License information
@ -7100,10 +7095,8 @@ guix import texlive --archive=generic ifxetex
@item json
@cindex JSON, import
Import package metadata from a local JSON file@footnote{This
functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed.
@xref{Requirements}.}. Consider the following example package
definition in JSON format:
Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following
example package definition in JSON format:
@example
@{