Heh. Long list. On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:11:15AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello Guix! > > We’ll close FOSDEM with a discussion on the future of Guix and GuixSD: > > https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/futureofguix/ > > Attached is a semi-structured list of topics that came to mind. Please > feel free to bring your own, either at the event (this Sunday), or on > this list, or on IRC during the event maybe? > > Ludo’. >
> #+TITLE: Future of Guix (panel) > #+STARTUP: content hidestars > > https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/futureofguix/ > Sunday, 16:30, K.4.601 > > * Organization > > ** sharing the work load > > *** security updates > > *** build farm > > *** web site, posts, videos, etc. > > *** handling branches: starting & merging ‘core-updates’, ‘staging’ > > *** release management: setting a date, choosing what goes in, publishing > > *** GSoC mentoring > > ** review > > *** getting more reviewers > > *** facilitating the process > > *** encouraging newcomers > > ** funding > > *** development > > - how do we get core & maintenance work funded? > - how do we get funding for new areas (like ‘guix deploy’)? > > *** infrastructure (build farm) > > - sustaining infrastructure growth and maintenance > - Jan. 2016 crowdfunding was enough for a start > > * Publicity, outreach > > ** high-performance computing (HPC) > > *** competition: EasyBuild, Spack, Singularity, Shifter > > *** stories: MDC, Utrecht, Brisbane > > *** possible cooperation in the near future > > ** reproducible science > > *** how to help projects such as [[https://rescience.github.io/][ReScience]]? > > *** make reproducible free software stacks the obvious choice > > ** containers, deployment > > *** competition: Docker, Kubernetes, NixOps > > *** stories: gov.uk (Chris Baines), bayfront.guixsd.org > > ** hold Guix User Gatherings (GUGs)? > > * Code > > ** 1.0 in 2017! (see roadmap in > [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/guix-ghm-20160818.pdf][GHM 2016 talk]]) > > *** ‘guix pull’ and channels > > *** Git checkout authentication > > *** performance & usability improvements > > *** GuixSD graphical installer (John) > > *** self-hosted infrastructure > > **** Cuirass > > **** ‘guix publish’ improvements > > **** build machines running GuixSD > > *** bug fixes > > ** next big thing: ‘guix deploy’ > > ** scalability > > *** better importers & updaters > > *** better ‘guix lint -c cve’ > > ** reproducibility: reach 90% or so, and measure > > ** bootstrapping > > *** reduce the size of our bootstrap binaries (Bournish? Mes? …) > > *** “do something” about compilers that cannot be bootstrapped --