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Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> skribis:

> I don't have any experience with GSoC either, but I'm wondering
> whether Google will allow us to submit a list of projects since Guix
> is a really young project. Does every project have to apply on its
> own, or can GNU apply ?

GNU is applying as an organization, so this would be under GNU=E2=80=99s um=
brella.

>> One project that would be suitable, because it=E2=80=99s orthogonal and
>> challenging yet doable, is some sort of a Hydra rewrite in Guile.
>
> How hard is it to port Guix to other architectures ?

Until we have cross-compilation it=E2=80=99s tedious.  But that=E2=80=99s n=
ot
sufficiently motivating or ambitious for GSoC, IMO.

> Could this be a GSoC project ? How about packaging a huge piece of
> software (I'm thinking about GNOME/KDE, for instance) ?

Yes, sounds like a good idea.

Ludo=E2=80=99.