From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: GSoC ideas Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:12:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20160210061254.GB3199@thebird.nl> References: <20160206113802.GA17867@thebird.nl> <87mvre2eyz.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpqhu0t1.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87si11r4md.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9hhy1ej.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47605) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTO2G-0005Jq-8h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:13:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTO2C-0008P1-2Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:13:56 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87h9hhy1ej.fsf@dustycloud.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher Allan Webber Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 02:17:08PM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > >> - g-expressions which generate packages of the Guix package manager= for > >> .deb and .rpm based distros, and work to get those upstream in De= bian > >> and Fedora > > > > That would be useful, and CheckInstall may be good enough for that. = I > > don=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cenough=E2=80=9D for GSoC, t= hough. WDYT? >=20 > If the student was really to package Guix for many distributions, it > might be enough. Especially if that student was to explore packaging > with upstream. Anyway, the payout could be *huge*. One thing to keep in mind is that GSoC is about programming. So, we have to be clear about that in the proposal. > If they finish early, I'm sure we could find other things for them to > do? :) Better to put a secondary job in - such as improving the web-ui or creating a tool for importing deb packages, or something. Students will come if they think the job challenging/interesting enough. Pj.