Re: [GSoC] Rewrite Hydra to be more integrated with Guix.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Mathieu Lirzin (2016-03-18 00:38 +0300) wrote:

[...]

>> This GSoC will not likely succeed in implementing every features Hydra
>> is currently providing.  The objective is rather to create the basis
>> which will then allow further developpements to overcomes the present
>> difficulties.  To achieve this the following milestones (suggested by
>> Ludo) will be followed:
>>
>> - Implementing a simple loop pulling Guix Git repository and building
>>   every packages.
>>
>> - Adding a “job” abstraction to be able to build different Git branches.
>>
>> - Adding support for a database to keep track of the build results with
>>   their associated commit, derivation and output.
>>
>> - Adding a API over HTTP to get the build results remotely (ideally
>>   through an Emacs interface).
>
> I dream of a more feature-full API, as the current "M-x guix-hydra-…"
> stuff is not very useful.

What features do you have in mind?

Now is a good time to throw ideas at Mathieu!  ;-)

Ludo’.