From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id iIdbOpxUJGB4WQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:48:12 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id 2E8LNpxUJGCOKAAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:48:12 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68C979402D6 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:54578 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9xLH-0003ju-BJ for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:48:11 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50860) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9xL2-0003iN-PE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:47:56 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57102) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9xL2-0002pt-IN; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:47:56 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=45990 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l9xL2-0000M6-35; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:47:56 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Guix Day: Notes from the CI session References: <87ft26xzci.fsf@inria.fr> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:47:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Leo Famulari's message of "Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:45:26 -0500") Message-ID: <87v9az388l.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.86 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 68C979402D6 X-Spam-Score: -2.86 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: C9JYrnAEb4Ah Hi! Leo Famulari skribis: > As for the hardware itself, yes, it's expensive, but not any more than > what we'd pay for our x86_64 build farm (~1500 CPU cores and terabytes > of RAM). Again, do we know anyone who would donate some? Should we try > negotiating a discount with vendors? Yes, I think we should pick good-looking hardware like one of the options listed in the notes of the CI session, and try to discuss privately with the sales department of the company that makes it (with a timeout, though). They might be interested in providing hardware to support free software development on the architecture, just like ARM donated us two OverDrives three years ago. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.