From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Guix Data Services: whishlist about SWH
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:22:32 +0100
Message-ID: <CAJ3okZ3HJ4tFUye-a=6GXvsYLnmhAvrVJM8J_Uz1jUrmsgv5jg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ3okZ0wbV6Yq74E62aBP0b_snmswDjV4kvmaWxxFVopvAy_rw@mail.gmail.com>
 <87y2t2zz2k.fsf@cbaines.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Return-path: <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40262)
 by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1)
 (envelope-from <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>) id 1j3z5Z-0008Ja-Qk
 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:22:46 -0500
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
 (envelope-from <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>) id 1j3z5Y-0004y5-T2
 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:22:45 -0500
Received: from mail-qt1-x836.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::836]:42049)
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16)
 (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>)
 id 1j3z5Y-0004xm-Pf
 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:22:44 -0500
Received: by mail-qt1-x836.google.com with SMTP id r5so13976639qtt.9
 for <guix-devel@gnu.org>; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:22:44 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <87y2t2zz2k.fsf@cbaines.net>
List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution."
 <guix-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/guix-devel>,
 <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel>,
 <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Guix-devel"
 <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>
To: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>

Hi Chris,

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 at 10:00, Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> wrote:

> I think the first step towards this would be to experiment with fetching
> data from the Software Heritage API. Do you know how you'd fetch data
> about the output from a fixed output derivation (like harfbuzz)?
>
> http://data.guix.gnu.org/gnu/store/53mfydv96wfwg2fxjyyml44v7v2y84z3-harfbuzz-2.5.3.tar.xz

Right now, I do not know. :-)
But I think Guix is already able to fallback to SWH... Well, I am
going to investigate. :-)

Ludo, an input? ;-)


Cheers,
simon