From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, gnunet-developers@gnu.org, summer-of-code@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU in GSOC 2015 - Application sent
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:11:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zj7lq0rk.fsf@inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87fv9t65x7.fsf@gnu.org
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
> Here are three ideas for Guix and dmd. Others may follow.
Here’s a couple more.
<h4 id="guix_containers">Linux container support</h4>
<p>
GNU Guix currently supports the installation of GuixSD on virtual
machines and physical hosts through its <a
href="/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html"><code>guix
system</code></a> command. The goal of this project would be to add
another installation target: containers. A container is an
environment that is similar to a virtual machine but without the
overhead that comes with running a separate kernel and simulating
hardware. Containers are isolated on a host system through Linux's
control groups and kernel namespaces.
</p>
<strong>Mentor</strong>: <a href="mailto:davet@gnu.org">David Thompson</a>
<h4>Supporting binary package distribution through GNUnet</h4>
<p>
GNU Guix provides a transparent binary/source deployment model. A
server can claim: “hey, I have the binary for
<tt>/gnu/store/v9zic07iar8w90zcy398r745w78a7lqs-emacs-24.4</tt>!”, where the
base32 string uniquely identifies a build process. If you trust that
server to provide genuine binaries, then you can grab them instead of
building Emacs locally. This mechanism is called <a
href="/software/guix/manual/html_node/Substitutes.html"><emph>substitution</emph></a>.
</p>
<p>
The “traditional model” has been to have a build farm build and serve
binary packages over HTTP. In that model, users trust the build farm to
provide authentic binaries.
</p>
<p>
The project aims to provide a <emph>practical</emph> decentralization
distribution mechanism for binary packages, using <a
href="/software/gnunet">GNUnet’s networking layers</a>. In that
model, users would be able to automatically share binaries they have
built locally, and to install binaries built by other users. This is
part of a broader goal of <emph>disintermediation</emph> among users,
and between users and upstream software developers.
</p>
<p>
Deliverables <a
href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00192.html">include</a>
a substituter that uses GNUnet as its back-end, and a tool to publish
build results.
</p>
<strong>Mentors</strong>:
<a href="mailto:totakura@in.tum.de">Sree Harsha Totakura</a>,
<a href="mailto:bart.polot@gmail.com">Bart Polot</a>
Thanks,
Ludo'.
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2015-02-25 21:24 ` GNU in GSOC 2015 - Application sent Ludovic Courtès
2015-02-27 14:47 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2015-03-09 22:11 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-03-09 23:33 ` Giuseppe Scrivano
2015-03-10 9:53 ` Sree Harsha Totakura
2015-03-10 14:59 ` Giuseppe Scrivano
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