Hi Simon! zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> skribis:
> For example, they are future bridges to think: connect the Guix archive > somehow with zenodo DOI and/or Software Heritage identifier. > > When I read this comment in the review [1]: > > As a final note, I wonder if, and how much, the author's > approach to reproducible computation/automated report generation > is feasible for the average scientist, in particular when > compared to tools with a smoother learning curve, such as Docker > containers, Jupyter notebooks, R Markdown documents and the > like. A brief analysis of this topic with a clear presentation > of the advantages of the author's approach in the Discussion > session would be worthwhile. > > and then the Konrad's answer [2], I asked myself what pieces are > missing. And what could be the articulation of "guix pack -f docker", > Guix-Jupyter or other notebooks (RMarkdown, Org)? And what could be a > practical workflow? (Keeping in mind that the average scientist is not a > Linux guru but often run MacOS or Windows.) > > 1: https://github.com/ReScience/submissions/issues/32#issuecomment-633739558 > 2: https://github.com/ReScience/submissions/issues/32#issuecomment-634149030 I don’t like the phrase “average scientist”, and we’re talking about people with a PhD who definitely know how to learn. Apart from that, I agree with the comments above: putting it in the hands of scientists will be the real challenge. I think providing modules and ready-to-use “templates” for people who use R+RMarkdown, or LaTeX, or Jupyter, etc. is a necessary step. > Half-related to the blog post. You mention elsewhere this baby channel > [3], maybe it could be worth to link it somewhere in the blog post. > Moreover, totally unrelated, I feel it lacks a list of "Scientific" > channels, as [4] or [5], maybe on hpc.guix.info > > 3: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past > 4: https://github.com/BIMSBbioinfo/guix-bimsb > 5: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-hpc <https://hpc.guix.info/about/> has a list of channels. I’ve added Guix Past now. Thanks for your feedback! Ludo’.