From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id OIG9GmYun1+cDwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:53:42 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id GJWbFmYun19FXQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:53:42 +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 309299402A8 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 21:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:56428 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZLID-0005em-57 for larch@yhetil.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:53:41 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZLI2-0005eY-Hy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:53:30 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:33641) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZLI1-0003Uy-U4; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:53:29 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=49060 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kZLHz-0002qs-UV; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:53:28 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Lars-Dominik Braun Subject: Re: Guix Front End (GUI) and making it more mainstream, popular in scientific community. References: <86lffoyhb3.fsf@gmail.com> <20201030084922.GC3128@zpidnp36> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 11 Brumaire 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: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:53:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20201030084922.GC3128@zpidnp36> (Lars-Dominik Braun's message of "Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:49:22 +0100") Message-ID: <87wnz4pwvd.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@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu 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-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-TUID: pATHz1ovAwVV Hi, Lars-Dominik Braun skribis: >> [=E2=80=A6] from my point of view, the good direction would be a =E2=80= =9Cweb-app frontend=E2=80=9D, >> similarly to git-annex-assistant [1]. This design is more flexible beca= use >> it could be used locally *and* could also be the front-end of some serve= rs >> (e.g., build farms). > I have something like this on my todo list as well. It would probably be = more > of a manifest file editor though, since we use manifest files for > reproducibility. Long ago Dave Thompson wrote guix-web, which allowed you to install packages (you=E2=80=99d run it as your user): https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url= =3Dhttps://gitorious.org/guix-web/guix-web.git It=E2=80=99s an interesting approach with several advantages (in particular= it can be quickly developed), though I must say I remain unenthusiastic about using web browsers for local GUIs. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.