Error handling when 'guix substitute' dies

Hi Guix, I have this gripe with usability regarding using substitutes. Sometimes, usually when I'm on an enterprise network like my university's of library's wifi, the `guix substitute` process dies with a "TLS error in procedure 'write_to_session_record_port': Error in the push function" err

Fw: Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

[I intended to CC the following to guix-devel but forgot:] --- Forwarded Message --- From: Ryan Prior Date: On Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at 6:36 PM Subject: Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive To: Vivien Kraus > > > On Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at 6:13 PM, Vivie

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On 2024-03-17 00:16:26 +0100, Vivien Kraus wrote: > Hello! > > Le samedi 16 mars 2024 à 17:50 +, Christopher Baines a écrit : > > This is probably worth thinking about as Guix is in a similar > > situation > > regarding publishing source code, and people potentially wanting to > > change histor

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

Hello! Le samedi 16 mars 2024 à 17:50 +, Christopher Baines a écrit : > This is probably worth thinking about as Guix is in a similar > situation > regarding publishing source code, and people potentially wanting to > change historical source code both in things Guix packages and Guix > itself

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at 10:52 AM, Ian Eure wrote: > > > Hi Guixy people, > [...] > I was also distressed to see how poorly they treated a developer > who wished to update their name: > https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/4968198-the-software-heritag > https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/50

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On 2024-03-16 12:06:27 -0700, Ian Eure wrote: > > Christopher Baines writes: > > > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > > > Ian Eure writes: > > > > > Hi Guixy people, > > > > > > I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, > > > and > > > it struck me as rather a good idea.

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On 2024-03-16 20:24:50 +0200, MSavoritias wrote: > > > I was also distressed to see how poorly they treated a developer who > > > wished to update their name: > > > https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/4968198-the-software-heritag > > > https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/5052044-the-software-heritag >

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

Christopher Baines writes: [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] Ian Eure writes: Hi Guixy people, I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and it struck me as rather a good idea. However, I’ve seen some things lately which have soured me on them. They appear to be

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

MSavoritias writes: > On 3/16/24 19:50, Christopher Baines wrote: >> Ian Eure writes: >> >>> Hi Guixy people, >>> >>> I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and >>> it struck me as rather a good idea. However, I’ve seen some things >>> lately which have soured me on

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On 3/16/24 19:50, Christopher Baines wrote: Ian Eure writes: Hi Guixy people, I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and it struck me as rather a good idea. However, I’ve seen some things lately which have soured me on them. They appear to be using the archive

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

Ian Eure writes: > Hi Guixy people, > > I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and > it struck me as rather a good idea. However, I’ve seen some things > lately which have soured me on them. > > They appear to be using the archive to build LLMs: > https://www.softwar

Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

On 3/16/24 17:52, Ian Eure wrote: Hi Guixy people, I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and it struck me as rather a good idea.  However, I’ve seen some things lately which have soured me on them. They appear to be using the archive to build LLMs: https://www.

Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

Hi Guixy people, I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and it struck me as rather a good idea. However, I’ve seen some things lately which have soured me on them. They appear to be using the archive to build LLMs: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2024/02/28/resp

Re: Introduce Cuirass and remove Hydra on https://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html

On 2024-03-12 23:22, Mark H Weaver wrote: Simon Tournier writes: [...] AFAIK, Hydra is now down. IIRC, Mark was in charge. Mark? Yes, our instance of Hydra was retired many years ago. I agree that it makes sense to remove it from . Thanks

Re: doc: installation: fix ~root confusion (was Re: doc: Removing much of Binary Installation)

Hello Matt and thank you for your precise wording. You have made clear the differences: Matt writes: > There are several actions which we have deferred and other topics > which still need to be addressed, such as those raised by Vagrant and > Suhail. My hope is to 1) resolve and merge this imme

Re: doc: installation: fix ~root confusion (was Re: doc: Removing much of Binary Installation)

There are several actions which we have deferred and other topics which still need to be addressed, such as those raised by Vagrant and Suhail. My hope is to 1) resolve and merge this immediate patch, as we appear to be converging on a consensus, 2) discuss how we could better handle documentation