From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: ROADMAP in git tree needs to be updated. Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:49:31 +0100 Message-ID: <878uh52ftg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a92617rf.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVop-0004Jm-NJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:49:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVok-0002Xi-Np for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:49:39 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:40321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVok-0002XS-9Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:49:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Omar Radwan's message of "Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:16:17 -0800") 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: Omar Radwan Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Omar Radwan skribis: > I think we need to rewrite the roadmap from scratch. In place of a road map, here=E2=80=99s my take at a relatively detailed lis= t of things that I think we should have for 1.0 to satisfy a range of use cases, and things that can happen later: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-org Content-Disposition: inline * Features scheduled for 1.0 - larger & more robust build farm + we need a powerful, dedicated front-end + armhf-linux build machine + leave Hydra in favor of 'guix publish' + custom code? - more OS features + LVM support + encrypted root + configurable name service switch + whole-system unit tests, using VMs - more service definitions + mcron, postfix(?), wicd(?), etc. - better 'guix system' + 'reconfigure' should be able to restart non-essential services + support for '--list-generations' and '--delete-generations' - better 'guix pull' + using Git to fetch the source instead of re-downloading everything + build more quickly + install new .mo files and new manual + authentication of the Guix source: use signed commits? - simplified, purely declarative service list in 'operating-system' - GUIs + integrate guix-web? + guile-ncurses installer? - 'guix publish'? * Features for later - complete GNU/Hurd port - use content-based addressing when downloading substitutes to reduce bandwidth requirements + design nar v2 format where file contents are replaced by their hashes + leverage /gnu/store/.links - binary origin tracking + keep signatures in sqlite.db + preserve signatures upon import/export - peer-to-peer distribution of updates (GNUnet?) - more deterministic builds + identify & fix sources of non-determinism in builds + strengthen guix-daemon containers to further increase reproducibility + trusting-trust: bootstrap with different tool chains + fixed-point: re-bootstrap until fixed point is reached + distributed validation: compare contents of store items with others * resist a hydra.gnu.org compromise - reproducible containers: mix of 'guix environment' and 'guix system vm' - execute code with least privilege + build containers like guix-daemon does + provide a Plash-like interface in Bash - daemon rewritten in Guile - more dmd integration + monitor network interfaces and start/stop events based on that + include a DHCP client written in Scheme --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The second part is particularly unstructured, but that=E2=80=99s because I = think all these items are fairly orthogonal and can happen in any order. It=E2= =80=99s also non-exhaustive, I=E2=80=99m sure. :-) The first part is a list of things IMO required before we can claim to have reached 1.0. It=E2=80=99s a bit of a brain dump, but I hope it makes sense. What do people think? Anything missing? Opinions on relative priorities? I=E2=80=99m happy to put that into ROADMAP if that is understandable. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99. --=-=-=--