From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Raghav Gururajan" Subject: Re: Proposal for Outreachy (May-August 2020) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:32:10 +0000 Message-ID: <4961cfee44055bbb285157a76158f274@disroot.org> References: <229482977533dfdcef5a2d60bbc94aee@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41659) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ion5q-0003ZS-Fa for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:32:15 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ion5p-0002z1-3k for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:32:14 -0500 Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:57548) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ion5o-0002yd-Tz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:32:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <229482977533dfdcef5a2d60bbc94aee@disroot.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" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello Guix Folks!=0A=0AI would like to contribute to Guix via Outreachy p= rogram. Based on domains listed in http://guix.gnu.org/contribute, I woul= d like to work on "Packages".=0A=0AAfter brief discussion with Tobias (nc= kx) on IRC, I came up with following ideas.=0A=0A1) Improve GNOME Softwar= e Stack and GNOME Desktop Environment's user-experience in Guix.=0A=0A(a)= Revise Package(s): Add missing packages, remove deprecated packages and = fix erroneous packages.=0A(b) Revise Meta-Package(s): Clean-up gnome and = create gnome-minimal.=0A(c) Revise Package Module(s): Rebase gnome.scm an= d gnome-xyz-.scm into gnome-core.scm, gnome-deps.scm, gnome-sdk.scm and g= nome-extras.scm.=0A(d) Revise Service(s): Add missing services, remove de= precated services and fix erroneous services.=0A(e) Revise Service Module= (s): Rebase gnome-dektop-service-type and %desktop-services into gnome-de= sktop-service-type and gnome-minimal-desktop-service-type.=0A=0A2) Improv= e Xfce Software Stack and Xfce Desktop Environment's user-experience in G= uix.=0A=0A(a) Revise Package(s): Add missing packages, remove deprecated = packages and fix erroneous packages.=0A(b) Revise Meta-Package(s): Clean-= up xfce and create xfce-minimal.=0A(c) Revise Package Module(s): Rebase x= fce.scm into xfce-core.scm, xfce-apps.scm, xfce-plugins.scm and xfce-bind= ings.scm.=0A(d) Revise Service(s): Add missing services, remove deprecate= d services and fix erroneous services.=0A(e) Revise Service Module(s): Re= base xfce-dektop-service-type and %desktop-services into xfce-desktop-ser= vice-type and xfce-minimal-desktop-service-type.=0A=0AWe can discuss more= in detail on IRC to see the gravity of these ideas and then it can be de= cided whether to go with (1) or (2) or both.=0A=0APlease let me know abou= t your thoughts on this.=0A=0AThank you!=0A=0ARegards,=0ARaghav Gururajan= .