From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Fidelman Subject: Re: good overview presentation? Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 17:42:39 -0400 Message-ID: <2f3da087-041c-8053-69e7-d69ed3c034d4@meetinghouse.net> References: <4009641b-f771-1095-435b-80aed6c279c6@meetinghouse.net> <875zqjoa3k.fsf@cbaines.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOqot-000565-Ta for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 17:43:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOqos-0005sx-Sf for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 17:43:15 -0400 Received: from server1.neighborhoods.net ([207.154.13.48]:45959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOqos-0005se-PW for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 17:43:14 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by server1.neighborhoods.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B69DCC3D2 for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 17:43:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server1.neighborhoods.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server1.neighborhoods.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CFYcCgGD4sCq for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 17:43:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Miless-MBP.fios-router.home (pool-96-237-100-57.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [96.237.100.57]) by server1.neighborhoods.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9F9E4CC3D0 for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 17:43:11 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <875zqjoa3k.fsf@cbaines.net> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org Thanks Chris, A couple of follow-ups: On 5/9/19 12:39 PM, Christopher Baines wrote: > > 1: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/maintenance.git/tree/talks > > There's also two talks [2] which I've given in the past on Guix, they'r= e > a few years old, but I think most of the material is still correct. > Silly me, but how does one view these things?=C2=A0 The ones labeled with= =20 .pdf extensions come across as ascii files, that can't be read as pdf,=20 and others look like they have to be assembled. These are pretty good, and helpful - but they do raise a key question: > 2: https://www.cbaines.net/projects/guix/ > > The FOSDEM 2018 one is shorter, and higher level [3]. > > 3: https://www.cbaines.net/projects/guix/fosdem-2018/presentation/#/ > > The Freenode live! 2017 one is longer and more technical [4]. > > 4: https://www.cbaines.net/projects/guix/freenode-live-2017/presentatio= n/#/ From the slides, it looks like GUIX keeps track of dependencies, but=20 there's no discussion about how dependencies are identified, included in=20 the package definitions, or resolved at install time. Details (or=20 pointer) please! Thanks Again, Miles --=20 In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown