Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Chris Marusich writes: > Gábor Boskovits writes: > >> 5. explore orchestration in guix - I think Chris could be interested in >> this, and I am also willing to help. >> 6. explore provisioning in guix - provisioning from cloud provides >> essentially

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

2018-02-08 20:58 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus : > > Gábor Boskovits writes: > > >> The project idea sounds good, but we really need a mentor who feels > >> responsible for this project and who will be able to guide an intern > >> throughout the application

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

2018-02-10 4:06 GMT+01:00 Chris Marusich : > Gábor Boskovits writes: > > > 5. explore orchestration in guix - I think Chris could be interested in > > this, and I am also willing to help. > > 6. explore provisioning in guix - provisioning from cloud

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Gábor Boskovits writes: > 5. explore orchestration in guix - I think Chris could be interested in > this, and I am also willing to help. > 6. explore provisioning in guix - provisioning from cloud provides > essentially boils down to talking to apis, but I would be really

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Gábor Boskovits writes: >> The project idea sounds good, but we really need a mentor who feels >> responsible for this project and who will be able to guide an intern >> throughout the application phase and the three-month internship between >> from May to August. […] > If

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

2018-02-08 17:23 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus : > > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > > Andreas Enge skribis: > > > >> quite a list of interesting ideas! > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote: > >>> 10. provide user

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Ludovic Courtès writes: > Andreas Enge skribis: > >> quite a list of interesting ideas! >> >> On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote: >>> 10. provide user interface to our build farm where we could request >>> building a >>> specific

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Andreas Enge skribis: > quite a list of interesting ideas! > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote: >> 10. provide user interface to our build farm where we could request building >> a >> specific package. > > This is one specific feature, but could

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hello, Ricardo Wurmus skribis: >> 3. rewrite more things currently provided by bootstrap binaries in >> guile to reduce our bootsrap binary base. > > This seems good, as it consists of many independent sub-projects. On > the other hand: we already have a couple of

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hello Gábor, quite a list of interesting ideas! On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote: > 10. provide user interface to our build farm where we could request building a > specific package. This is one specific feature, but could be framed into a more general project of

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hello Ricardo, On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 11:05:34PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > * User interface improvements your project sounds very interesting, it has some technical components, but might also attract some more diverse talents with its focus on more general usability. I also like that you

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

2018-02-07 10:58 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus : > > Hi Gábor, > > thanks for your ideas. > > > 1. port guix to RISCV - I currently feel I could not mentor this > > though. > > I have a feeling that this may not be suitable for a three-month > internship because we don’t even have

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi Gábor, thanks for your ideas. > 1. port guix to RISCV - I currently feel I could not mentor this > though. I have a feeling that this may not be suitable for a three-month internship because we don’t even have the RISC-V toolchain yet. Building these things takes a long time, so it can be

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

2018-02-06 23:05 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus : > Hi Guix, > > some weeks ago I wrote this: > > > on behalf of the Guix community I submitted an application for this > > project to participate in Outreachy, an internship project for people > > from sections of the population that

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi Guix, some weeks ago I wrote this: > on behalf of the Guix community I submitted an application for this > project to participate in Outreachy, an internship project for people > from sections of the population that are commonly underrepresented in > the world of free software development. >

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hey, Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Hi Alex, > >> I have read through the documentation and I believe I would be able to >> commit to the duties of being a mentor / co-mentor. > > Wonderful! > >> I would be happy to send more details of where I believe my relative >> strengths and weaknesses in this

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi Alex, > I have read through the documentation and I believe I would be able to > commit to the duties of being a mentor / co-mentor. Wonderful! > I would be happy to send more details of where I believe my relative > strengths and weaknesses in this project would be. I couldn't see an >

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes: > Hello, > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:53:37PM +0100, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote: >> A second step might be a simplified Guile build system, which does not >> rely on autotools infrastructure. I believe this was discussed in the >> past: it would be a

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hello, On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:53:37PM +0100, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote: > A second step might be a simplified Guile build system, which does not > rely on autotools infrastructure. I believe this was discussed in the > past: it would be a "beginners build system" for *Guile only* packages >

Re: Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi Ricardo, Ricardo Wurmus writes: > on behalf of the Guix community I submitted an application for this > project to participate in Outreachy, an internship project for people > from sections of the population that are commonly underrepresented in > the world of free software development. > >

Call for project proposals: Guix and Outreachy

Hi Guix, on behalf of the Guix community I submitted an application for this project to participate in Outreachy, an internship project for people from sections of the population that are commonly underrepresented in the world of free software development. Our application is currently undergoing