Re: When can package be added to Guix?
Hi martin, > Hello, I follow a cool project, PrivacyBrowser, by Soren Stoutner. > I have been eagerly awaiting its inclusion in Guix, but for some reason it > has stalled, and no response has been given to the developer. See chain here: > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64408 > Can anything be done? I think you should follow Clément Lassieur's suggestions in the link above, but I recommend web-browsers.scm as a more appropriate place than qt.scm for adding PrivacyBrowser. Sometimes the developers forget about patches, so it's good to notify Guix committers by IRC or emailing the appropriate package team listed in etc/teams.scm. > Thanks, > mlampstaff
Re: guix package build: can distcc be used?
curious if distcc can be used for building packages in Guix? If yes that can reduce the time spent in building significantly. Currently, guix build doesn't support distcc for distributing individual source code files for compilation. However, guix offload can be used to offload the whole build jobs to another trusted machine(s). It's unknown whether implementing usage of distcc and enabling it in `guix build` will affect bit-for-bit reproducibility of packages. The distcc feature request and adding distcc to guix's dependency closure and should be discussed further on guix-devel before implementing.
