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dkim=pass header.d=elephly.net header.s=zoho header.b=Slqyk0hI; arc=pass ("zohomail.com:s=zohoarc:i=1"); dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 6E49D31DCA X-Spam-Score: -4.50 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: x/FgCUkccSU4 Hi Mekeor, > it would be nice to be able to search for a package (and/or a service) > by name or description etc. through many channels. AFAIK, there's no > such search engine yet. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > I'm considering to implement it. I'd suggest to approach it with a > server where (1) Guix is installed; (2) a long list of channels is > activated; (3) a cron-job or so which regularly runs `guix pull`; (4) a > web-api-service written in Guile which leverages the Guix-library in > order to search for packages (-- I guess it'd be calling the > `guix-package*` function from /guix/scripts/package.scm?); (5) a > simplistic front-end web-site which talks to the web-api. See https://github.com/UMCUGenetics/hpcguix-web. It handles the constant updates to all Guix channels and the search. You=E2=80=99re welco= me to contribute to it, e.g. to add an API, suggest changes in how results are displayed, etc. An example deployment can be found at https://guix.mdc-berlin.de Guix has a service for it that makes deployment easy. You=E2=80=99ll see that it lists packages from guix-science and other chann= els, e.g. https://guix.mdc-berlin.de/package/rstudio-server --=20 Ricardo