From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremiah@pdp10.guru Subject: Re: Creating a reliable bootstrap for building from source Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 20:11:51 -0400 Message-ID: <877f1jugfs.fsf@ITSx00.pdp10.guru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52017) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dA3cD-0000Wp-QI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2017 20:11:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dA3cA-0004a1-Mp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2017 20:11:57 -0400 Received: from itsx00.pdp10.guru ([104.200.30.13]:52262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dA3cA-0004ZW-Iu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 May 2017 20:11:54 -0400 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" To: pjotr.public12@thebird.nl Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org > What you are trying to do is even more heroic - bootstrapping all of > guix :) The real heros are those that check our work, report bugs and give us insight into solving our most difficult problems. And we LOVE patches and pull requests ;-D > What I want is achievable, simply have the build system as a tested > binary available. A tested builder package that is know to work > against the current tree. We pretty much have it, it is only not > formalized and tested on the build farm If what you want is achievable and going to help, then please do it. No need to ask, we always love people who take time to make things better. -Jeremiah