Re: Guix beyond 1.0: let’s have a roadmap!

[Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu>]

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Hello Alex,

"Alex Griffin" <a@ajgrf.com> writes:

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> ** TODO run-time configuration system for services, similar to OpenWrt's UCI

I don't understand this: do you propose to have a CLI to add system
configuration sections to a system configuration file?

Guix EDSL is much much more flexible than UCI, AFAIU it's not so easy to
have a **generic** UI to configure a Guix System (and [re]configuring
via config.scm is simply awesome)

Thinking about all this, you remembered me my preferred item in the Guix
roadmap (maybe for Guix 3 :-) )

* UI

** TODO: (local) web application to [re]configure a Guix System, possibly starting
   from an existing config file or user selectable templates

To be clear: webUI should be *automatically* generated reading Guix
packages *and* Guix services to allow users to compose an
operating-system definition setting their preferred configuration
parameters (possibly with validation, but that should be **back
integrated** in Guix proper and _not_ hardcoded in the webUI)

With guix-deploy and `guix system reconfigure --host=…` this will allow
more users to orchestrate their infrastructure (with monitoring and
dashboard if programmed/integrated)


Happy Guix! Gio'

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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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