Hi!

As an editor for resci, I of course welcome .scm files and scripts, as
examples that could be provided to future submissions. I would particularly
looove a bullet-proof .scm config for the editorial process, which... is
somewhat documented but has gaps: I have been working on this for one of
the submissions I am handling at the moment; at the moment, I have mostly
made sure to use guix for running the code submitted (python notebooks),
which I'll push to the author's repo, and have not *yet* moved to the
editorial process.

The above task I have started as editor overlaps completely with the theme
of the hackathon, I suppose ;) Happy to do just that and finally tick it
off my todo list. I am sure Nicolas will be pleased.
That may also create that opportunity to learn that I had in mind in my
previous email.

Also happy to serve as a guinea pig and help create onboarding procedures.
:)

Have an amazing week everyone!

Etienne

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:31 PM Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr>
wrote:

> Hi Etienne,
>
> "Etienne B. Roesch" <etienne.roesch@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > I am in. I have used both nix and guix, but I do consider myself a
> > beginner. I am also a plain old researcher in neuroscience, albeit with
> > formal training in software engineering. As such I think I would find it
> > more valuable to spend time figuring out the best way to describe "a best
> > practice" for people like me, onboarding newcomers, and write
> > documentation, rather than figuring out why a Makefile doesn't compile
> and
> > computer says no. I am also happy to join more experienced users, of
> > course, and follow the flow.
>
> I guess the goal is to make progress on providing Guix files that would
> let us re-run code submitted in ReScience C papers (for instance).  In
> doing that, old-timers like me can of course provide guidance to onboard
> newcomers: this exercise is meaningful if we make it approachable to a
> wider scientific audience.
>
> We seasoned users (Simon, Konrad, myself, and anyone who feels
> qualified) should prepare upfront to get a more precise idea of the
> tasks involved and how we can onboard people.
>
> > I have timeblocked the whole, and I am relatively free of my own
> movement,
> > but I can't promise I wouldn't be dragged into some boring meetings. I
> live
> > in the UK (+1h), and speak English and French. :D
>
> Awesome.  :-)
>
> BTW, the event will be in English but we can definitely onboard those
> who might prefer to speak French or German.
>
> Ludo’.
>