[GSoC] Emacs UI for Guix

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi,

(Moving to guix-devel@.)

Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala <hi@yagnesh.org> skribis:

> I am Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala, doing doctoral course in Hokkaido University,
> Japan. I think I am eligible to apply for GSoC. If possible I would like to
> participate this time under GNU umbrella.
>
> I think I am able to work on the following idea since I am familiar with
> Emacs/Emacs-lisp and package.el (though not an expert in any regard). I
> thought this would be learning experience in general.
>
> I would be glad if you can be my mentor for the proposal.

Cool, this sounds like a nice plan!

I would recommend that you first familiarize yourself with Guix by
installing it, reporting any problems, and browsing the docs and code.

This project may require a little bit of Scheme hacking to factorize
code between the ‘guix package’ command and what the Emacs UI would be
using (in the (guix profiles) module, specifically.)  Do you have
experience with Scheme and Guile?

Most of the rest of the code will be elisp though, obviously.  There
will be design choices to be made, such as whether the UI would
communicate with Guile/Guix via Geiser or through some ad hoc mechanism.

> PS: I have signed copyright assignments to FSF for Emacs and Guile but not
> guix.

No copyright assignment is needed for Guix, so you’re all set.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.