Thank you for the project idea. I will add it in. More older proposals are listed here:
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2023 any of these we want to submit again? New ideas welcome too! I'll add the Guix-based build tool again (to replace autoconf and friends) if nothing better comes along. Any Hurd ideas out there? How about improved Guix support and test coverage? Or Mes - Ekaitz? GSoC gives extra helpers. Pj. On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 06:15:39PM -0500, Kierin Bell wrote: > > Hey Guix, > > Pjotr Prins <pjotr.publi...@thebird.nl> writes: > > > The GNU project is a GSoC org again. Last year Sarthak did a great job > > working on parameterization of Guix. It works, and you can try the > > code. See > > > > => https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2023/parameterized-packages-for-gnu-guix/ > > => https://blog.lispy.tech/ > > > > For this year GNU can propose projects again. We should suggest Guix, > > Mes and Hurd projects in the coming two weeks. Ping Gábor, Sarthak, > > Arun, Efraim or me if you are interested in co-mentoring an effort. > > > > Please forgive my ignorance, but are non-mentors/prospective mentees > allowed to suggest GSoC project ideas here? > > I have been wanting to work on implementing a general purpose > pretty-printing/formatting module for Guix that services (and Guix > system, style, Home, etc.) could use to serialize their given > configuration languages. It would be better than manually formatting > raw strings as is done now by most services. Ludo' first broached the > topic in a patch review[1]. > > The project feels to me like it would be much more attainable with > advice from a seasoned Schemer/Guixer. So a mentor-mentee program could > be a good fit. > > Again, I'm unsure exactly how this fits into the larger goals of the > project. I suspect that services-related stuff like this may be lower > on the hierarchy of priorities. > > [ Regardless, even if it turns out not to be a good fit for GSoC, I'd be > delighted to work on this with a bit of help and advice as time > allows. ] > > Best, > Kierin > > [1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64620#15 --
