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Subject: Re: Talk for the GHM
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:29:16 +0200
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> So here is my suggestion for the GHM:

Looks great to me!  (And fewer buzzwords than mine.  ;-))

> GNU Guix: Package without a scheme!
>
> One of the seducing features of the GNU Guix distribution is that the=20

I try to call it either the =E2=80=9CGNU distribution=E2=80=9D or the =E2=
=80=9CGNU system=E2=80=9D.

> package management system as well as the package descriptions themselves=
=20
> are written in Guile, the GNU implementation of the Scheme language. But=
=20

=E2=80=9Cone of GNU=E2=80=99s implementations of=E2=80=9D, or =E2=80=9CGNU=
=E2=80=99s core implementation of=E2=80=9D,
just not to offend our MIT/Kawa/SCM friends.

> what if you do not know Scheme? Then you can still contribute by packagin=
g=20
> your favourite GNU and other free software, and maybe learn a bit of=20

=E2=80=9Cfree software packages=E2=80=9D?

> beautiful functional programming en passant.
>
> This talk gives an overview of what is already packaged in GNU Guix,=20
> demonstrates the creation of a new package and asks the audience to come =
up=20
> with schemes of what to package for the next releases.
>
>
> I could give a talk of my own (two talks will give more weight to Guix!),=
=20
> but will probably not need 45 minutes; rather 30.
>
> Then I think we should have a tutorial session, where every GHM participa=
nt=20
> packages their favourite piece of software ;-)

Yes, that=E2=80=99d be great!  An install party coupled with a hack fest.  =
:-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.