From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9mi?= Birot-Delrue Subject: [GSoC] Supporting binary package distribution through GNUnet Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87sicukybm.fsf@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YaTy4-0006Ik-UV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:54:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YaTy1-0008AD-Pn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:54:24 -0400 Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr ([2a01:e0c:1:1599::13]:33326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YaTy1-00089b-K5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:54:21 -0400 Received: from howard (unknown [82.243.96.129]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9A44C8079 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:53:01 +0100 (CET) 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: Guix-devel Hello! These days I=E2=80=99m looking at this idea, and as I though about it mor= e and more questions rose, concerning both what you expect of this project and how to put it up. As I understand it, the idea would be to allow users to use substitutes provided through GnuNet, therefore in a decentralized fashion. Ideally, would anyone be allowed to provide substitutes? Or would there be a set of =E2=80=9Ctrusted substitute maintainers=E2=80=9D (possibly on= e maintainer by package)? Maybe a mix. Maybe =E2=80=9Canswering this question=E2=80=9D is= part of the project? Another point is: how would Guix handle these different sources? Should it propose the end-user a choice, or include a way to automatically choose in most cases? The prospect of having a (semi-)decentralised and Lisp-based package-manager is really appealing. Sincerely, --=20 R=C3=A9mi Birot-Delrue