Re: Guix website and CI is unavailable in Russia

[Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>]

Hi!

I'm sorry to hear that you can't access the ci. At least, I don't think it's an intentional block from the Guix project. The website and ci are located at the MDC, in Berlin. We also have a second official build farm in Bordeaux, France. If you don't have it already configured, try it: https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.

Now if Russia decides to create its own great firewall, we might have a solution. There's already a mirror for Chinese users, so we could set one up for Russians if need be.

On March 1, 2022 12:21:46 AM GMT+01:00, w96k@riseup.net wrote:
>Hello. Looks like Guix website (guix.gnu.org) and guix ci in cli (can't
>pull and install packages from ci.guix.gnu.org) doesn't work without a
>tor for some users from Russia including me. Gnu.org works fine without
>a tor.
>
>The website is not blocked by Russian government (at least looks like
>so):
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>https://www.isitblockedinrussia.com/?host=guix.gnu.org
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>As far as I know they block it by domain address, but I might be wrong.
>
>I want to ask guix server location and ask is it some kind of ban from
>guix server side or not? Maybe guix server provider or government bans
>some russian ips now. Everything works fine through tor for me and some
>ru users. It would be sad to stop using guix system because of war
>issues.
>
>Also it is kinda related to GNU's freedom #1, because not everyone can
>access the code and the compiled software via internet connection: "The
>freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your
>computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
>precondition for this."
>
>On a related note, do you think it might be a good idea to make offline
>guix distribution? Looks like Russia has a danger of internet shutdowns
>or china-like internet limitations. It can be organized like
>/gnu/sources/ folder with source code of many packages and when package
>name is present them, guix would choose to build from source without
>trying to connect to the servers or something like it. Just an idea.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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