Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> WIth 29,000+ packages the nature of the project has changed from >> adding new software to managing updates (what fraction of new packages >> are rust or python dependencies?). > > … that’s the crux of the problem. What works for our little channels > mentioned above is insufficient for the main ‘guix’ channel.
Why does the main 'guix' channel have to contain the "entire world"? > Besides, I agree with you Greg that we need more automation, in > particular for package updates. Nixpkgs has an auto-update bot; we > could just as well have a bot that roughly runs ‘guix refresh’ and > submits patches/merge requests. I’m sure somebody will end up > scratching this particular itch, it’s such an obvious thing to do. Where would such a bot run? Do we have an example of a bot that runs in a similar context? -- Suhail
