l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > Here are three ideas for Guix and dmd. Others may follow.
Here’s a couple more. <h4 id="guix_containers">Linux container support</h4> <p> GNU Guix currently supports the installation of GuixSD on virtual machines and physical hosts through its <a href="/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html"><code>guix system</code></a> command. The goal of this project would be to add another installation target: containers. A container is an environment that is similar to a virtual machine but without the overhead that comes with running a separate kernel and simulating hardware. Containers are isolated on a host system through Linux's control groups and kernel namespaces. </p> <strong>Mentor</strong>: <a href="mailto:da...@gnu.org";>David Thompson</a> <h4>Supporting binary package distribution through GNUnet</h4> <p> GNU Guix provides a transparent binary/source deployment model. A server can claim: “hey, I have the binary for <tt>/gnu/store/v9zic07iar8w90zcy398r745w78a7lqs-emacs-24.4</tt>!”, where the base32 string uniquely identifies a build process. If you trust that server to provide genuine binaries, then you can grab them instead of building Emacs locally. This mechanism is called <a href="/software/guix/manual/html_node/Substitutes.html"><emph>substitution</emph></a>. </p> <p> The “traditional model” has been to have a build farm build and serve binary packages over HTTP. In that model, users trust the build farm to provide authentic binaries. </p> <p> The project aims to provide a <emph>practical</emph> decentralization distribution mechanism for binary packages, using <a href="/software/gnunet">GNUnet’s networking layers</a>. In that model, users would be able to automatically share binaries they have built locally, and to install binaries built by other users. This is part of a broader goal of <emph>disintermediation</emph> among users, and between users and upstream software developers. </p> <p> Deliverables <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00192.html";>include</a> a substituter that uses GNUnet as its back-end, and a tool to publish build results. </p> <strong>Mentors</strong>: <a href="mailto:totak...@in.tum.de";>Sree Harsha Totakura</a>, <a href="mailto:bart.po...@gmail.com";>Bart Polot</a> Thanks, Ludo'.
