From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Codefest 2014 Cambridge, MA Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:49:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20140629154905.GA31375@thebird.nl> References: <1403854867-16478-1-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org> <87ionmen6p.fsf@gnu.org> <20140629105951.GA29814@thebird.nl> <8761jjeubh.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1HLs-0001EW-Uk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:49:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1HLm-000825-RJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:49:12 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([95.154.203.175]:47167) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1HLm-00081z-Kx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:49:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8761jjeubh.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> 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.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Thompson Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 09:09:22AM -0400, David Thompson wrote: > I live in Somerville. I might be able to join in on the 9th, but I'm > busy on the 10th.n That would be great! Also for some advocacy. > Could you elaborate more on how Guix relates to this event? For biomedical and biological purposes, Cloudbiolinux packages software. Mostly .deb, homebrew and ad hoc scripts. I have been a Nix fan for a long time and I think Guix is just the right way forward (Nix expressions are somehow a little too foreign for many people, I have found). It would make sense to move some of the Cloudbiolinux related packaging to Guix. There will be quite a few good people who are working on software deployment, so please hop over if you can! There are 50-60 programmers coming to the hackathon. Pj.