On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:27:04 +0100 raingloom <raingl...@riseup.net> wrote: > TLDR how much of the effort spent on this channel is really justified > compared to making the underserved use-cases easier in upstream Guix?
If there's any particular packages that should be sent upstream feel free to take them from GuixRUs and send a patch to upstream. Just add the original packager as co-author out of courtesy. Also, let us know by linking the ticket number so that we can remove them from the channel. We also read the commit history daily to stay up to date as we are also regular contributors to upstream. If there are any packages that build solely with package transformation options from the cli and they are currently in GuixRUs also let us know and we'll remove them after testing. See the other points in my previous email for more reasons to have GuixRUs (pre-releases, nightlies (olive), alpha software (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47104), vis-lsp, etc...). I think people should explore having channels for the sake of just exploring having a channel. It allows those without commit access to have the freedom to explore and navigate Guix how they want and at the pace that they'd like to develop at without fully depending on upstream. Channels can assist upstream when proper communication is involved. I also think channels can function as a testing ground before sending a patch for review to upstream. The following is just two example channels that have served as a testbed before sending to upstream: https://git.genenetwork.org/guix-bioinformatics/guix-bioinformatics https://github.com/ryanprior/guix-packages GuixRUs is not a new idea. GuixRUs is like any other guix channel out in the wild. We just want to have our own small channel as a small community. We encourage others to start their own channels and we're working on making starting a channel easier for newcomers in the near future. Stay tuned! I hope that further clarified/contextualized some points on GuixRUs I made in previous emails. If not, feel free to reply with further questions. Thank you for your interest. all best, jgart
