From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arun Isaac Newsgroups: gmane.comp.gnu.guix.devel,gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: February hybrid Guix London meetup Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:36:27 +0000 Message-ID: <87o7cdqlpg.fsf@systemreboot.net> References: <87wmr8rqkr.fsf@systemreboot.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12990"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Fabio Natali To: guix-devel@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 19 02:37:52 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcggd-guix-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rbsbP-00039t-DT for gcggd-guix-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:37:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rbsah-0000Bx-TA; Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:37:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rbsae-00009h-6C; Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:37:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mugam.systemreboot.net ([139.59.75.54]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rbsaa-0007ZZ-RM; Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:37:03 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=systemreboot.net; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=sixoBxUbyGRJ/FNjjBnqAt40xIc/Mt8lPJTmjzBZ/3E=; b=h+K0DcRCPTX0Z06/AJShvvoQNz ofu3nLxd+5fQYqKaGEytVoZcBdHtv9m8HNcE+/yoyO6ssdaUQwrkLztSBnnqPQhGctS3/3kTAKihZ FlYt2qGEiI5vf7ugJHxknAdwZ+r88MSNfvfM0r4njlMs3+z9bgAhLeFmLQeS3tYg9yr1qxSZioTkV OHz6TGmgqRfLTMuGGh+zTrd8R4Z7otmEfF6poEnFRFat6WI7NP4vRxk2WWLLiSbdKOsGOBD8FwK7e tAHD8NUQhUTPLbUviLQ/K9M/k7bprJcZLKuXX9n5SBIU36D+k9zC6MnbYQgsAR7RmgkS78bANuYZv UrNs/CAQ==; Original-Received: from [192.168.2.1] (port=60900 helo=localhost) by systemreboot.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96.1) (envelope-from ) id 1rbsZ9-0004OW-0M; Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:35:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87wmr8rqkr.fsf@systemreboot.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=139.59.75.54; envelope-from=arunisaac@systemreboot.net; helo=mugam.systemreboot.net X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.comp.gnu.guix.devel:69369 gmane.lisp.guile.user:19446 Archived-At: Hi all, Just a quick reminder for the February hybrid Guix London meetup later today. See you soon! > Hi all, > > The next Guix London meetup is scheduled for Monday 19th February, 6 pm > London time (i.e. UTC) onward. Join us in person or online. Address and > link are below. > > - In person, from 6:00 pm: 20 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4AB > - Online, from 6:10 pm: https://meet.jit.si/london-guix-meetup > > If you attend in person, please make sure you RSVP and share your full > name (or a nickname) so that we can register you at the building's > reception. > > The main part of the meetup will be a talk on how to create custom Guix > packages or package variants, by Steve George a.k.a. Futurile. If you > have any Guix or Guile related question or topic, there should be the > time to talk about that too. All welcome! Talk abstract follows. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Guix Packaging: creating local package variants simply! > > Just like Gentoo or Arch Linux, every package in Guix is > source-available, and can be built by the user. In this entry level talk > we'll look at how to customise Guix packages. Guix radically simplifies > the steps to building our own packages through its declarative and > functional approach. This makes building our own package variants very > accessible=E2=80=94opening up the possibilities for a user to: > > - Keep applications up to the latest versions > - Try out upstream development versions > - Patch applications to add features > - Tune applications to their hardware > > In this talk, Steve will share examples and introduce how to use Guix's > programming interface for package building. We'll also contextualise > where these capabilities sit in the journey of learning to package and > contribute packages to Guix. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > # About > > For any question, please get in touch via any of the following channels: > > - Arun: arunisaac@systemreboot.net > - Fabio: me@fabionatali.com and https://octodon.social/@fabionatali > - Guix Devel mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-de= vel/ > > Guix London has no official ties with the Guix project. We commit to > promote the project and to always operate with the best intentions; any > mistake that we might make is due to us, Guix London, not the Guix > project. > > # Code of conduct > > We, Guix London's organisers, intend to create an open, friendly, and > safe environment where people from the most diverse backgrounds can get > together, learn about, teach, and discuss Guix and related topics in a > welcoming and constructive way. > > To this end, Guix London adheres to the Guix project's official Code of > Conduct. Please make sure you familiarise with the document and that you > share its principles before attending our events. > > Should you at any time before, during, or after one of our events want > to raise an issue or discuss any CoC-related topic, please do not > hesitate to reach out to the organisers at the contacts below. > > - Arun Isaac, arunisaac@systemreboot.net > - Fabio Natali, me@fabionatali.com > > # Get involved > > Should you be interested in becoming a Guix London organiser, please let > us know. It'd be great to have you onboard. No previous Guix knowledge > is required. If you're interested (or simply want to know more), do not > hesitate to reach out to us! > > Similarly, if you want to present on any Guix-related topic at one of > our events, that's also great. We'd love to hear from you. > > Regards, > Arun