Hi! Gábor Boskovits <boskov...@gmail.com> skribis:
> There are some ideas that were brought up earlier, for example the > list of ideas for GSoC 2020: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2020, except the network > booting project. > > And the previous round proposal for creating a netlink binding for guile: > https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-may-2020-internship-round/communities/gnu-guix/create-netlink-bindings-in-guile/cfp/ > > Also if you should have any new ideas feel free to start discussion > threads on the guix-devel mailing list, tagged with [OUTREACHY]. While discussing it on IRC, the idea of turning the IPFS work into an Outreachy came up, and I think it’s a good idea! Technically, the work would consist in completing the prototype at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/33899>, which entails roughly the following: • Updating (guix ipfs) to the latest IPFS HTTP API (I think IPFS no longer has a separate “gateway”). • Inserting directories as “UnixFS” instead of the custom data structure. • Finishing the ‘guix substitute’ implementation, allowing users to choose whether or not to use IPFS, and allowing for smooth integration on the main branch. • Testing publication/substitution in the real world, with fellow hackers. • (Optional.) Try and use IPFS for long-term source tarball archival. Perhaps Pierre (Cc’d) has more ideas on this. I prefer not to volunteer to mentor it, but I’m happy to contribute to discussions and code review. Who’d be willing to mentor it? Anyhow, if we do it, we should advertise it widely and early! Thanks, Ludo’.
