From: raid5atemyhomework <raid5atemyhomework@protonmail.com>
To: "guix-devel@gnu.org" <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Adding Substitute Mirrors page to installer
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 02:46:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yuSiA_QqaHoaQE_E69JcmsMAsGimnutcMJlOUUtY9cPQHxYIb_kKB2WdulHwlcdi7WT8n361i0KO9b5sPfDLGZbwb8eQQycx0Ltxi1J3JQE=@protonmail.com> (raw)
Hi Guix Developers,
I want to add a page to the installer to allow selection of substitute mirrors. In particular, from my ISP, the SJTU mirror is significantly faster (1MB/s->5MB/s) than directly from `ci.guix.gnu.org` (4kB/s->40kB/s), so I think putting that option to the installer would be beneficial to others in similar circumstances.
However, the current `(gnu installer services)` assumes that snippets are added to a list of services. To implement substitute mirrors, I need to insert a `modify-services` form with a `(guix-service-type config => (guix-configuration (inherit config) (substitute-urls <whatever>))`.
What I want to propose is something like this:
* Add a `snippet-type` field to `<system-service>`, default `'service-list`.
* The field can instead be set to `'modify-services` to mean that the snippet is to be in a `modify-services` form.
* In `system-services->configuration`, filter services according to `snippet-type` and put the snippets in the appropriate parts of the `service` form.
* Add entries for the SJTU mirror (with fallback to the original `ci.guix.gnu.org`) and the default unmirrored `ci.guix.gnu.org`, with `system-service-type` of `'substitute-urls`.
* Then in `(gnu installer newt services)`, add a page for `'substitute-urls`.
What do you think?
Thanks
raid5atemyhomework
next reply other threads:[~2021-03-07 2:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-07 2:46 raid5atemyhomework [this message]
2021-03-09 2:34 ` Adding Substitute Mirrors page to installer raid5atemyhomework
2021-03-09 8:05 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-03-10 9:49 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-03-15 16:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-15 22:53 ` zimoun
2021-03-16 1:07 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-03-16 15:55 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-03-27 6:48 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-03-27 8:56 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-04-01 9:22 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-04-22 5:23 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-05-13 1:27 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-05-31 9:42 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-05-31 10:04 ` Maxime Devos
2021-06-01 6:39 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-06-01 8:30 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-06-02 14:44 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-07-23 14:53 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-07-23 15:10 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-07-23 15:21 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-08-01 9:42 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-08-01 12:28 ` Christopher Baines
2021-12-01 6:11 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-12-01 8:16 ` zimoun
2021-12-01 22:49 ` raid5atemyhomework
2021-12-02 9:36 ` zimoun
2021-12-02 10:20 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
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