From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@cnrs.fr>
To: Peter Polidoro <peter@polidoro.io>, guix-science@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Spam:]Guix for Embedded, Hardware, Documentation, and Data
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:43:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m135myxinz.fsf@fastmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <867dcceguz.fsf@polidoro.io>
Peter Polidoro <peter@polidoro.io> writes:
> Could Guix be used for packages that do not strictly contain
> operating system software?
Guix the package manager: certainly. The only practical technical limit
to what you can put into Guix packages is the size of the data. The Guix
store isn't particularly well suited to very large files.
Guix the software distribution: it depends. I doubt you would have much
success with submitting a pull request for adding video clips, for
example. There are a few documentation-only packages in Guix, but they
are clearly related to software that's also in Guix.
For a nice example of using Guix for something else than software, see
this blog post:
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2021/reproducible-data-processing-pipelines/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-12 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-10 13:00 Guix for Embedded, Hardware, Documentation, and Data Peter Polidoro
2021-12-10 22:18 ` Julien Lepiller
2021-12-12 8:43 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-12-12 9:43 ` Konrad Hinsen [this message]
2021-12-13 13:20 ` Peter Polidoro
2021-12-13 14:48 ` [Spam:]Re: " Konrad Hinsen
2021-12-14 15:19 ` Peter Polidoro
2021-12-13 14:25 ` zimoun
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