Re: Criticisms of my "tone" (was Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes)

2021-04-28 Thread Joshua Branson
If you'll allow me to comment Mark, I would say that I valued your commitment to discover how to avoid a repeat of the problem. It is nice to see someone truly care about a project and insist a problem does not repeat itself. In practical terms, putting a few smiley faces in emails probably hel

Re: Meta Guix: why guix is awesome!

2021-04-28 Thread Pjotr Prins
Hi Leo (Prikler), On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 01:52:12AM +0200, Leo Prikler wrote: > I don't know enough about marketing to give you a good answer on that, > but when it comes to what we're competing against, it seems to be a > rather uphill battle outside of the small bubble, that we've carved > out.

Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz?

2021-04-28 Thread Leo Famulari
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:18:01PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What do people think? We've received several complaints about the images being compressed. I guess we might as well offer it uncompressed, and maybe offer both ways.

Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz?

2021-04-28 Thread Christopher Baines
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi! > > Here’s the installation ISO image (with built-in zlib compression): > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > $ ./pre-inst-env guix system image -t iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm > /gnu/store/kg63cyg94dmy9x7rpxf5ycn97sqx1ndl-image.i

Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz?

2021-04-28 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Should we distribute the installation ISO without xz compression? Yes. I've always found that annoying with Guix, because it adds one more step to the download and PGP verification process. All of Debian, Ubuntu, NixOS, etc distribute plain ISO's. /Simon signature.

Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz?

2021-04-28 Thread Vincent Legoll
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:18 PM Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What do people think? I'd say distribute both, so the bandwidth-starved can get the smaller, and the CPU-starved can get the uncompressed one. -- Vincent Legoll

Re: Criticisms of my "tone" (was Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes)

2021-04-28 Thread Pjotr Prins
Dear Leo, On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 01:55:25PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > You should have sent a message that explained the problem and tried to > teach the solution. I've seen you do it many times before; That is perhaps fair comment. It is always best to be constructive and not too personal. T

ISO image: to xz or not to xz?

2021-04-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! Here’s the installation ISO image (with built-in zlib compression): --8<---cut here---start->8--- $ ./pre-inst-env guix system image -t iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm /gnu/store/kg63cyg94dmy9x7rpxf5ycn97sqx1ndl-image.iso $ xz < /gnu/store/kg63cyg94dmy9x7rpx

Re: Outreachy: Timeline tasks

2021-04-28 Thread Christopher Baines
Luciana Lima Brito writes: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:17:51 +0100 > Christopher Baines wrote: > >> So, there's already some code for timing different parts of the data >> loading process, if you look in the job output and search for ", took >> " you should see timings printed out. >> >> These tim

Re: Outreachy: Timeline tasks

2021-04-28 Thread Luciana Lima Brito
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:17:51 +0100 Christopher Baines wrote: > So, there's already some code for timing different parts of the data > loading process, if you look in the job output and search for ", took > " you should see timings printed out. > > These timings being printed out does help, but h

Re: Outreachy: Timeline tasks

2021-04-28 Thread Christopher Baines
Luciana Lima Brito writes: > I was thinking about the timeline of tasks. > > The main tasks are: > > 1. Add instrumentation to identify the slow parts of processing > new revisions > > 2. Improve the performance of these slow parts > > I'm writing some ideas I have to divide the tasks in small

Outreachy: Timeline tasks

2021-04-28 Thread Luciana Lima Brito
Hi, I was thinking about the timeline of tasks. The main tasks are: 1. Add instrumentation to identify the slow parts of processing new revisions 2. Improve the performance of these slow parts I'm writing some ideas I have to divide the tasks in small steps, see what you think about it. Abo

Re: Criticisms of my "tone" (was Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes)

2021-04-28 Thread Leo Famulari
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:43:53PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > I'm sorry if this comes off as obtuse, but having now re-read all of my > messages in this thread, I honestly do not see what I did wrong here. > I will need some help to understand. It's common advice that managers and leaders shoul

Meta Guix: why guix is awesome!

2021-04-28 Thread Joshua Branson
Hello guix developers! Guix is brilliantly fantastic! I thought I would write down some of the things that make guix such a great community and a powerful free software tool. I intend this email to encourage guix developers and perhaps encourage other free software projects to copy guix's succ

Criticisms of my "tone" (was Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes)

2021-04-28 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Courtès writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> Léo Le Bouter writes: >> >>> It seems you are more focused and spend more time sending accusations >>> here than collaboratively working to improve GNU Guix. I don't feel >>> like that's something great to do at all. >> >> I fee

Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes

2021-04-28 Thread Marius Bakke
Léo, We maintainers have been disappointed by Marks harsh tone which do not meet the project's communication standards, but also by your apparent lack of will to reply constructively to legitimate criticism. This is the next in a series of incidents. The incidents are okay--we we all make mistak

#:cargo-inputs don't honor --with-input

2021-04-28 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Hi, FYI: yet another rust issue: #:cargo-inputs don't honor --with-input. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |

Re: Jam: which licence is this?

2021-04-28 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver writes: > Hi Jack, > > Jack Hill writes: > >> I'm working on packaging the Argyll Color Management System for Guix. To >> build, it uses the Jam tool, which has the following license: >> >> ``` >> This is Release 2.5 of Jam, a make-like program. >> >> License is hereby g

Re: Outreachy - Guix Data Service: questions about improving the data for derivation comparisons.

2021-04-28 Thread Christopher Baines
Luciana Lima Brito writes: > Hi, > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:29:35 +0100 > Christopher Baines wrote: > > >> Great :) I've tweaked the commit message a little and pushed. > > This is really great!!! > > I started to look after my final application and I need to see two > specific things with you