Guix plugin for GNOME Software

Guix plugin for GNOME Software

[David Seaward]

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Hi all,

I recently mentioned Flatpak and Snap. There are GNOME Software
plugins for both of these formats [1][2] which makes them more
accessible to everyday users.

Does issue 17152 [3] mean that a matching plugin [4] is on the
Guix roadmap?

Could a plugin like this work on a system where Guix wasn't
packaged natively? For Debian-based systems, I'm imagining this
would require two packages (debs): "guix" itself and a
"gnome-software-plugin-guix" package.

Regards,
David

[1]:
https://packages.debian.org/stable/gnome/gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
[2]:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/main/gnome-software-plugin-snap
[3]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17152 [4]:
https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-software/tree/master/plugins

Re: Guix plugin for GNOME Software

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

David Seaward <dseaward925@gmail.com> skribis:

> I recently mentioned Flatpak and Snap. There are GNOME Software
> plugins for both of these formats [1][2] which makes them more
> accessible to everyday users.
>
> Does issue 17152 [3] mean that a matching plugin [4] is on the
> Guix roadmap?

AFAIK nobody is working on a GNOME Software plugin for Guix, but I agree
that it would be nice.  It may not be that difficult.

Ludo’.