Pjotr Prins <pjotr.publi...@thebird.nl> writes: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 09:09:22AM -0400, David Thompson wrote: >> I live in Somerville. I might be able to join in on the 9th, but I'm >> busy on the 10th.n > > That would be great! Also for some advocacy.
:) >> Could you elaborate more on how Guix relates to this event? > > For biomedical and biological purposes, Cloudbiolinux packages > software. Mostly .deb, homebrew and ad hoc scripts. I have been a Nix > fan for a long time and I think Guix is just the right way forward > (Nix expressions are somehow a little too foreign for many people, I > have found). Oh, neat. Yes, I find that using a general purpose language like Guile is much better than inventing a special language. > It would make sense to move some of the Cloudbiolinux related > packaging to Guix. There will be quite a few good people who are > working on software deployment, so please hop over if you can! There > are 50-60 programmers coming to the hackathon. Since it's a Wednesday, I'll be working at the FSF office during the day. Does the hackathon continue into the night? If I can be useful, I can try to join in after work. -- David Thompson Web Developer - Free Software Foundation - http://fsf.org GPG Key: 0FF1D807 Support the FSF: https://fsf.org/donate