Re: "guix pull" expiry channels

2021-06-15 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 23:32, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > The code in (guix git) determines expiration based on the mtime of > sub-directories in ~/.cache/guix/checkouts. But that’s bogus, no? > > Yes, and the Internet confirms: a directory’s mtime is only changed when > a file inside it is re

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

2021-06-15 Thread Jack Hill
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, Mark H Weaver wrote: […] However, I strongly believe that each Guix user should be given the opportunity to make that decision for themselves, i.e. that telemetry, auto-update checks, and more generally unsolicited network traffic should be disabled until the user has given

Re: Freezing ‘core-updates’ soon?

2021-06-15 Thread zimoun
Hi Ludo, On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 10:52, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What about finally merging that ‘core-updates’ branch? :-) Cool! :-) > Anything else? Any patches pending review? The Julia v1.6 update introduce a tweak to master: utf8proc-2.6.1 [1] and pcre2-10.36 [2] to avoid a world rebuil

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

2021-06-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Leo, Leo Famulari writes: > I feel that, ultimately, we already trust most software authors > implicitly and totally, because we are not auditing their programs. Agreed. > So, I am personally happy to enable the telemetry for most software I > use — especially if it is free software and espe

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

2021-06-15 Thread Leo Prikler
Am Dienstag, den 15.06.2021, 19:24 +0200 schrieb Giovanni Biscuolo: > Hi Leo and Guix, Wrong Leo here, I hope you don't mind me responding. > sorry for this long message but I would like to add my point of view > to > the discussion about telemetry. > > I apreciated the laconic statement by Tobia

Re: Freezing ‘core-updates’ soon?

2021-06-15 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:52:51AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello Guix! > > What about finally merging that ‘core-updates’ branch? :-) > > The main things to decide on are: > > • Upgrading to GCC 10? I know Marius has spent time looking at it and > fixing build failures caused by

Re: Telemetry on by default kitty

2021-06-15 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi Leo and Guix, sorry for this long message but I would like to add my point of view to the discussion about telemetry. I apreciated the laconic statement by Tobias Geerinckx-Rice on Sat, 12 Jun 2021 22:35:40 +0200 [1]: --8<---cut here---start->8--- This is

Re: problem with ruby-taskjuggler packaging and timezone

2021-06-15 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Joshua Branson writes: > Giovanni Biscuolo writes: > >> Hi Guix! >> >> I'm packaging ruby-taskjuggler (I'll provide a patch series as soon as I >> get to fix this bug), this is the package definition: > > Hey Giovanni! I invite you to send this email to guix-patc...@gnu.org > as well! That way

Re: Rust freedom issue claim

2021-06-15 Thread Bone Baboon
Leo Famulari writes: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 02:49:21PM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: >> Contents: >> * Passive Approaches > > I definitely think a passive approach is best, unless the owners of the > Rust trademark are taking actions that preclude it. Have they given us > any reason to think that w

Re: RISCV porting effort

2021-06-15 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 06:00:21PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2021-06-14, Efraim Flashner wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 10:24:13AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > >> On 2021-06-07, Efraim Flashner wrote: > >> > Last week my HiFive Umatched¹ board came > >> ... > >> > Ubuntu has an

New signing key

2021-06-15 Thread Eric Bavier
Hello Guix, I've updated my GPG key on Savannah with a new signing subkey and uid. Could a maintainer do the necessary repo updates? Thanks, `~Eric signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Freezing ‘core-updates’ soon?

2021-06-15 Thread Maxime Devos
Ludovic Courtès schreef op di 15-06-2021 om 10:52 [+0200]: > Hello Guix! > > What about finally merging that ‘core-updates’ branch? :-) > > The main things to decide on are: [...] > > Anything else? Any patches pending review? * Fixing cross-compilation I sent a patch series fixing some cross

Re: Freezing ‘core-updates’ soon?

2021-06-15 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Ludovic Courtès writes: Hello! > What about finally merging that ‘core-updates’ branch? :-) > > The main things to decide on are: > > • Upgrading to GCC 10? I know Marius has spent time looking at it and > fixing build failures caused by the upgrade. Can we do it? > > • Reduced binary

Re: Idea: a meta language for (language) build systems - npm, Racket, Rust cargo

2021-06-15 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Leo Prikler writes: Guix as a build system, with or without GWL, is fine as long as it's just fun and games […] I keep seeing GWL in unexpected places, so I feel the need to state that the GWL is not meant to help anyone *build* software. It’s meant to let you *combine* applications and

Freezing ‘core-updates’ soon?

2021-06-15 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Guix! What about finally merging that ‘core-updates’ branch? :-) The main things to decide on are: • Upgrading to GCC 10? I know Marius has spent time looking at it and fixing build failures caused by the upgrade. Can we do it? • Reduced binary seeds—anything new? My understan

Re: Idea: a meta language for (language) build systems - npm, Racket, Rust cargo

2021-06-15 Thread Pjotr Prins
On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 12:04:59AM +0200, Leo Prikler wrote: > Soon: There are 15 competing build systems Very true ;) > Guix as a build system, with or without GWL, is fine as long as it's > just fun and games, but it comes with the serious downside of not being > compatible with any other distr