From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: New Gash build Bash without Bash, Coreutils, and a few others Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 18:16:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87o98v3tzq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k1k2b0df.fsf@ngyro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggsout.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46468 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gfpYn-0005Ip-7N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:16:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gfpYi-0005eQ-BU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:16:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87k1k2b0df.fsf@ngyro.com> (Timothy Sample's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:23:40 -0500") 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: Timothy Sample Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Timothy, Timothy Sample skribis: > I am very pleased to announce that Gash (having absorbed Geesh) is now > capable of building Bash without Bash, Coreutils, Grep, Sed, or Tar. > That is, Gash provides alternatives, written in Scheme, to all the > utilities needed by the =E2=80=9Cgnu-build-system=E2=80=9D that are norma= lly provided by > those packages. Note, however, that this work is still very much at the > =E2=80=9Cproof of concept=E2=80=9D level. Woohoo! \o/ It=E2=80=99s one of these things we=E2=80=99ve been talking a= bout for some time and it=E2=80=99s exciting to see it come to fruition. Also, thumbs up to the two of you for coming up with a merger plan. Thank you, and best bootstrapping wishes for the new year! Ludo=E2=80=99.