From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thompson, David" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user,gmane.comp.gnu.guix.devel,gmane.comp.gnu.system Subject: Re: GNU Guix hackathon on Sep. 28-29 Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zjr28j5a.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380031003 8558 80.91.229.3 (24 Sep 2013 13:56:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:56:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org, Guile User To: guix-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 24 15:56:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOT6a-0000fG-CA for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:56:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46221 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOT6a-0004ej-2I for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58532) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOT6H-0004X6-I4 for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOT6B-0002zZ-Fu for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:25 -0400 Original-Received: from na3sys009aog121.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.145]:50240) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOT6B-0002zE-8J for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qe0-f45.google.com ([209.85.128.45]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys009aob121.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKUkGaAjzzJyRS03RwF72nPBtrFXBPFMPZ@postini.com; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:56:18 PDT Original-Received: by mail-qe0-f45.google.com with SMTP id 6so3137260qea.4 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=552v9JdxuXw4pWsgctb5MeBKjZYPpaPixt5JiZflUQo=; b=iUCVt3FY+ElrrUncLCr15e7e43asR+NKj8cFR6Rk8M0RNoDxu2ajJ594fN4PACniuP ksqQJ9oeDac+4nkxcfTO/bs7nidib2rLR20WItxyhVGLs7OQU5e+NCOZY1wEce+v50Or 95Ke7BKN0FlsHbGAXusHcpB/t3hRnMoya1XQiYoMD++WkKjVdrq5FlNaHoanBpAQew5h mybbZ7Go9JLTlug9AaXDFKJiLTKnSCQVdgtbmZZ3zTsN1GlE4xFGC2JOftpaSQEPFhP7 FSw4S9eT5INRLi4yNXC3/lwHLcJW71fzqxlSJU1VWIqrVzphWfxfjb+2sHKmZxoUK/nJ av4A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkSbCR1MMnlgNOrrS507Ms41CirvyxQUet3q6pRNOgo7AxdN3p3QytgW3NorjytEUANFl6TMmJE74N8vBZMvCsDdqivwbYOhbOzTyjtdbzt6W45IzbQFWc9mFAdrbUsqrLDVqYJmR2NXJPzESXw8EKa/SoZKA== X-Received: by 10.49.76.6 with SMTP id g6mr26204666qew.41.1380030977646; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.76.6 with SMTP id g6mr26204656qew.41.1380030977544; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.49.18.198 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zjr28j5a.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x X-Received-From: 74.125.149.145 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:10821 gmane.comp.gnu.guix.devel:442 gmane.comp.gnu.system:132 Archived-At: On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ludovic Court=E8s wrote: > Hello, > > GNU Guix [0] joins other projects in celebrating GNU=92s 30th birthday > this week-end [1]. Join us for an on-line hackathon on #guix on the > Freenode IRC network on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28-29! > > Tasks will include packaging your favorite software, hunting bugs, and > improving stand-alone builds of the Guix-based GNU system. This is > accessible to anyone with experience with GNU/Linux packages; people > with experience in Guile Scheme will find additional things to work on. > > Happy hacking! > > Ludo=92. > > [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ > [1] http://www.gnu.org/gnu30/ I will be physically present at the hackathon in Cambridge. I have experience with Guile, but I haven't done much work with package management systems before. Would I still be useful? Is there anything that you would recommend I do to prepare for this weekend besides install Guix and poke around? Thanks, - Dave