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Tue, 5 Jul 2022 04:14:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20220703073529.mcirf2tyhhwmmhmk@arch-surface> (James Crake-Merani's message of "Sun, 3 Jul 2022 08:35:29 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.111.4.27; envelope-from=me@bonfacemunyoki.com; helo=out3-smtp.messagingengine.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:36:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.user:18399 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable James Crake-Merani anaandika: [...] > Hi, > > The reason why I have been a bit reluctant to use GNU Guix for this > sort of thing is that the distro I use is not Guix but rather Arch > Linux. I run Arch Linux + GNU Guix (as a package manager) and it's a nice experience. I use GNU Guix as my primary package manager. I'd recommend you give it a try ;) > I do intend to try out GNU Guix in the future but at the moment > I have lots of other things to do. I am aware Guix does work on > foreign distros but I will need to learn how to use it first. > > I understand what you say regarding Guile Hall. I too do not > understand the autotools machinery but it did seem simple to setup > without that understanding. Thanks for sharing your repository. > Worth mentioning that GNU Guix provides facilities for bundling packages using "guix pack". You could provide "tar.gz" files, or even bundle things inside docker/squashfs containers for easy distribution without requiring your end-user to download anything extra. For more read: [...] =2D-=20 (Life is like a pencil that will surely run out, but will leave the beautiful writing of life.) 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