Re: GNU and GSoC

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

Thank you for the project idea. I will add it in.

More older proposals are listed here:

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2023

any of these we want to submit again? New ideas welcome too!

I'll add the Guix-based build tool again (to replace autoconf and
friends) if nothing better comes along. Any Hurd ideas out there? How
about improved Guix support and test coverage?  Or Mes - Ekaitz? 

GSoC gives extra helpers.

Pj.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 06:15:39PM -0500, Kierin Bell wrote:
> 
> Hey Guix,
> 
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> writes:
> 
> > The GNU project is a GSoC org again. Last year Sarthak did a great job
> > working on parameterization of Guix. It works, and you can try the
> > code. See
> >
> > => https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2023/parameterized-packages-for-gnu-guix/
> > => https://blog.lispy.tech/
> >
> > For this year GNU can propose projects again. We should suggest Guix,
> > Mes and Hurd projects in the coming two weeks. Ping Gábor, Sarthak,
> > Arun, Efraim or me if you are interested in co-mentoring an effort.
> >
> 
> Please forgive my ignorance, but are non-mentors/prospective mentees
> allowed to suggest GSoC project ideas here?
> 
> I have been wanting to work on implementing a general purpose
> pretty-printing/formatting module for Guix that services (and Guix
> system, style, Home, etc.) could use to serialize their given
> configuration languages.  It would be better than manually formatting
> raw strings as is done now by most services.  Ludo' first broached the
> topic in a patch review[1].
> 
> The project feels to me like it would be much more attainable with
> advice from a seasoned Schemer/Guixer.  So a mentor-mentee program could
> be a good fit.
> 
> Again, I'm unsure exactly how this fits into the larger goals of the
> project.  I suspect that services-related stuff like this may be lower
> on the hierarchy of priorities.
> 
> [ Regardless, even if it turns out not to be a good fit for GSoC, I'd be
> delighted to work on this with a bit of help and advice as time
> allows. ]
> 
> Best,
> Kierin
> 
> [1]  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64620#15

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