From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
"Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OUTREACHY] Proposal: substitutes over IPFS
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:05:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mu1p24wn.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878sd9onzd.fsf@gnu.org>
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Hi!
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> While discussing it on IRC, the idea of turning the IPFS work into an
> Outreachy came up, and I think it’s a good idea!
>
> Technically, the work would consist in completing the prototype at
> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/33899>, which entails roughly the
> following:
>
> • Updating (guix ipfs) to the latest IPFS HTTP API (I think IPFS no
> longer has a separate “gateway”).
>
> • Inserting directories as “UnixFS” instead of the custom data
> structure.
>
> • Finishing the ‘guix substitute’ implementation, allowing users to
> choose whether or not to use IPFS, and allowing for smooth
> integration on the main branch.
>
> • Testing publication/substitution in the real world, with fellow
> hackers.
>
> • (Optional.) Try and use IPFS for long-term source tarball
> archival.
>
> Perhaps Pierre (Cc’d) has more ideas on this.
Looking good!
> Who’d be willing to mentor it?
Sorry, I won't have time to commit for this, but I'd be happy to
contribute to the discussion (and testing!).
Cheers!
--
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-16 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-09 18:54 [OUTREACHY] Call for mentors Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-12 14:00 ` [OUTREACHY] toward a proposal? zimoun
2020-09-12 15:18 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-16 14:01 ` zimoun
2020-09-16 15:24 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-16 15:45 ` zimoun
2020-09-16 17:22 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-16 18:27 ` zimoun
2020-09-16 18:46 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-17 8:12 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-17 10:01 ` zimoun
2020-09-17 11:15 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-17 11:26 ` zimoun
2020-09-17 12:01 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-16 13:22 ` [OUTREACHY] Proposal: substitutes over IPFS Ludovic Courtès
2020-09-16 14:05 ` Pierre Neidhardt [this message]
2020-09-16 14:28 ` Konrad Hinsen
2020-09-16 15:21 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-17 0:36 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-09-17 20:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
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