Hello Ashvith,

The GSoC program you're considering was only a proposal, and I'm not sure if it was an accepted one. Pjotr can say more about that.

I recently began a thread on a Guile-based build system, you can look through that and ask if anything's needed.

Regards,

On 26 December 2024 09:41:21 GMT, Ashvith Shetty <ashvithshetty10@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>I would love to take part in the next GSoC/Outreachy with Guix as my
>organisation of choice. I have contributed to Guix before, and
>participated in the unofficial matrix channel.
>
>I am a little worried about the difficulty and the scope of the
>project topic of some of the projects mentioned in LibrePlanet, and I
>would like to start with something that is a bit easier to work and
>understand, before the start of the program to evaluate the
>difficulty, learn and get used to the workflow for the internal
>components.
>
>Right now, I have my interest in "Guile based build-tool for Guix",
>and I've also come across examples like Bespoke and potato-make.
>Honestly, I don't know much about build-system, so I would love to
>understand how and what are the prerequisite skills that would enable
>me to be able to successfully complete the program.
>
>Regards,
>Ashvith
>

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