From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Dale Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code project concepts Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:32:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zjx7ewr0.fsf@karetnikov.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93a0c17127bb604d9ecc13c Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50629) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPXjV-0008Dw-Qm for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:33:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPXjS-0006L6-Eb for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:33:05 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::230]:32843) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPXjS-0006Kt-9f for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:33:02 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f176.google.com with SMTP id er7so6844963obc.21 for ; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:33:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zjx7ewr0.fsf@karetnikov.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nikita Karetnikov Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org --14dae93a0c17127bb604d9ecc13c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > (I guess that you should ask Andreas about the state > of X-related things.) > Will do! > On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that most people use non-tiling WMs > and maybe we should think about them first. But I don't really think > that it's a right time for that. Because the distro isn't bootable yet > and there aren't too many packages. I'm definitely interested in getting the distro bootable in general. What are the remaining roadblocks for this issue? What remaining tools need to be added? And the question for me: are there good, purely-functional implementations of these tools we can look at? > But what do you mean by "adapt for Guix"? What would you like to > implement? The only thing that comes to mind is to have shortcuts for > commands like 'guix package'. > That's a fair question. I suppose I don't much know -- the Summer of Code ideas site listed "package window manager" as one of the projects, so I assumed there was a lot to be done. Maybe that's more about packaging the dependencies of the larger projects. > It sounds like the proposed project has more to do with Guile than Guix. > But I haven't heard the details yet. Please elaborate. > The project would be about extending the Guix distribution with more Guile projects - it would not, admittedly, involving much work on the actual Guix package manager, though I'm not against doing work on that. --14dae93a0c17127bb604d9ecc13c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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that it's a right time for that. =A0Because the distro isn't bootab= le yet
and there aren't too many packages.
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I'm definitely interested in getting the distro bootable in general. = What are the remaining roadblocks for this issue? What remaining tools need= to be added? And the question for me: are there good, purely-functional im= plementations of these tools we can look at?
=A0
But what do you mean by "= adapt for Guix"? =A0What would you like to
implement? =A0The only thing that comes to mind is to have shortcuts for commands like 'guix package'.

That's a fair question. I suppose I don't much know -- the Sum= mer of Code ideas site listed "package window manager" as one of = the projects, so I assumed there was a lot to be done. Maybe that's mor= e about packaging the dependencies of the larger projects.
=A0
It sounds like the proposed project has more to do with Guile than Guix. But I haven't heard the details yet. =A0Please elaborate.

The project w= ould be about extending the Guix distribution with more Guile projects - it= would not, admittedly, involving much work on the actual Guix package mana= ger, though I'm not against doing work on that.
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