Re: Planning for the next release

2017-04-01 Thread ng0
Leo Famulari transcribed 2.2K bytes: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:33:24PM +, ng0 wrote: > > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.6K bytes: > > > > On my side, people will and have asked for the intermediate time how/if > > > > the http_proxy of Guix works. If someone has been using it with an > > > >

Re: question about pty,agetty for an intermediate virtual server image

2017-04-01 Thread ng0
Leo Famulari transcribed 2.8K bytes: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:59:56PM +, ng0 wrote: > > before I go ahead and create an intermediate image - I'd like to explore > > the option of getting IN-Berlin closer into the creation of the 'deploy' > > process of Guix which is being worked on - I

the importance of rust-build-system [Fwd: [tor-dev] Tor in a safer language: Network team update from Amsterdam]

2017-04-01 Thread ng0
tor is seriously considering to switch to rust. I have my own open bugs / roadmap points which depend on our rust-build-system working. tor will not switch immediately, but it shows the importance of having a working rust-build-system. Firefox will switch at some point. Danny, could you list what's

Re: Gender politics

2017-04-01 Thread ng0
Just a few things: 1. We were done with this topic. For real. Don't throw gasoline at the fire. 2. Looking at the past commits of your taylanub.github.io blog adds just to what I thought when I read your very long reply. 3. You could've just written the last paragraph, that you agree with neutra

updating gdk-pixbuf for epiphany

2017-04-01 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi, I’d like to update Epiphany to the latest release but noticed that it needs a slightly younger version of gdk-pixbuf. Updating gdk-pixbuf to 2.36.6 would result in *many* rebuilds. “guix refresh -l gdk-pixbuf” tells me this: Building the following 324 packages would ensure 630 dependent

Re: bug#26308: [PATCH -v2] services: dict.scm: Support more dicod configuration

2017-04-01 Thread Huang, Ying
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hello, > > Huang Ying skribis: > >> * gnu/services/dict.scm (): Add handlers to configure >> handlers (module instances). >> (): Add new record type to describe handler (module >> instance). >> (): Add more fields. >> (dicod-configuration-file): S

[PATCH 1/5] gnu: Add python-mando-0.3.1

2017-04-01 Thread Muriithi Frederick Muriuki
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-mando-0.3.1): New variable. --- gnu/packages/python.scm | 17 + 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm index 7dfe4ba..9dd045a 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python.s

Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add python-sphinx-rtd-theme-0.1.9

2017-04-01 Thread Frederick Muriithi
>From cece7ce7a1847bebf83ec83ce822313be86b2e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Muriithi Frederick Muriuki Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 13:26:21 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] gnu: Add python-mando-0.3.1 * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-mando-0.3.1): New variable. --- gnu/packages/python.scm | 17 ++

Re: [PATCH 1/5] gnu: Add python-mando-0.3.1

2017-04-01 Thread Frederick Muriithi
>From cece7ce7a1847bebf83ec83ce822313be86b2e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Muriithi Frederick Muriuki Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 13:26:21 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] gnu: Add python-mando-0.3.1 * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-mando-0.3.1): New variable. --- gnu/packages/python.scm | 17 ++

Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add python-sphinx-rtd-theme-0.1.9

2017-04-01 Thread Frederick Muriithi
Apologies. I sent the patch for mando on the wrong thread. I have re-sent it on the appropriate thread, so you can ignore this.

Re: "guix potluck", a moveable feast

2017-04-01 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Andy Wingo writes: > Hi! Hi! > potluck.guixsd.org needs to be isolated from other hosts because it will > load potluck.scm files from untrusted sources; we hope the sandbox works > but we need a bit of defense-in-depth. Well now I see the motivation behind (ice-9 sandbox) ... :) > As I mention

Re: "guix potluck", a moveable feast

2017-04-01 Thread ng0
Christopher Allan Webber transcribed 1.8K bytes: > Andy Wingo writes: > > > Hi! > > Hi! > > > potluck.guixsd.org needs to be isolated from other hosts because it will > > load potluck.scm files from untrusted sources; we hope the sandbox works > > but we need a bit of defense-in-depth. > > Well

Re: question about pty,agetty for an intermediate virtual server image

2017-04-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:27:40AM +, ng0 wrote: > Leo Famulari transcribed 2.8K bytes: > > And you will probably want a non-graphical GRUB menu as well (this > > should be parameterized eventually...): > > Yeah, that would be useful as it is not uncommon for servers. I'm working on it today.

Re: updating gdk-pixbuf for epiphany

2017-04-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 10:55:27AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi, > > I’d like to update Epiphany to the latest release but noticed that it > needs a slightly younger version of gdk-pixbuf. Updating gdk-pixbuf to > 2.36.6 would result in *many* rebuilds. “guix refresh -l gdk-pixbuf” > tells

Re: the importance of rust-build-system [Fwd: [tor-dev] Tor in a safer language: Network team update from Amsterdam]

2017-04-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:58:41AM +, ng0 wrote: > tor is seriously considering to switch to rust. I have my own open > bugs / roadmap points which depend on our rust-build-system working. > tor will not switch immediately, but it shows the importance of having a > working rust-build-system. Fi

Re: question about pty,agetty for an intermediate virtual server image

2017-04-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:27:40AM +, ng0 wrote: > Leo Famulari transcribed 2.8K bytes: > > And you will probably want a non-graphical GRUB menu as well (this > > should be parameterized eventually...): > > Yeah, that would be useful as it is not uncommon for servers. Here's a patch that work

GSoC build tool clarification

2017-04-01 Thread Caleb Ristvedt
The description of "replaces the likes of autools, cmake" makes sense, but I'm not sure I understand the more advanced features being described - specifically "... should ultimately be able to run complex workflows on multiple servers...". Does that just mean that the build process should be able t

Staying on-topic

2017-04-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Taylan, This is guix-devel and this discussion is off-topic. Furthermore: taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis: > Lastly, a trivial data point about possible effects of inclusivity or > exclusivity, should our Code of Conduct mandate obeying a certain > positio

Re: bug#26308: [PATCH -v2] services: dict.scm: Support more dicod configuration

2017-04-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, "Huang, Ying" skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: [...] >> While I was at it, I wrote a simple test for the dicod service: >> >> >> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=985a8599ed742053b52ac85f753c4feb54af93cb >> >> It uses the example handler that you

Re: the importance of rust-build-system [Fwd: [tor-dev] Tor in a safer language: Network team update from Amsterdam]

2017-04-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Leo Famulari skribis: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:58:41AM +, ng0 wrote: >> tor is seriously considering to switch to rust. I have my own open >> bugs / roadmap points which depend on our rust-build-system working. >> tor will not switch immediately, but it shows the importance of having a >>

Re: Let’s freeze and build ‘core-updates’!

2017-04-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! It looks like we’re doing okay now? There are still a number of armhf-linux builds pending, but if everything goes well, I think we should merge tomorrow (Sunday). WDYT? Thanks, Ludo’.

Re: "guix potluck", a moveable feast

2017-04-01 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! Andy Wingo skribis: > As an interlude, here is how a user would enter an environment that has > a potluck package "foo" using Guix (using a pack is also possible). We > start with setup steps: > > (1) Install Guix as a user. (This needs to be easier.) > (2) guix channel add potluck

Re: Let’s freeze and build ‘core-updates’!

2017-04-01 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 12:30:28AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi! > > It looks like we’re doing okay now? There are still a number of > armhf-linux builds pending, but if everything goes well, I think we > should merge tomorrow (Sunday). WDYT? Yes, I like this plan. signature.asc Descrip

'guix build' and garbage collection

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi, I saw this in guix/scripts.build.scm: --8<---cut here---start->8--- (and (build-derivations store drv mode) (for-each show-derivation-outputs drv) (for-each (cut register-root store <> <>) (map (lambda (drv) (m

"Perfect Setup" for hacking on Nix?

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi, The Guix manual has a fantastic section on the "Perfect Setup" for hacking on Guix ((guix) The Perfect Setup). This section provides excellent guidance for a newbie on how they can set up their development environment for hacking on Guix. I found it tremendously useful when I was starting ou

Re: "guix potluck", a moveable feast

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Marusich
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Beside, related to Chris’ comment, I’m a bit concerned about versioning > in such a widely distributed repo. The package graph in Guix has zero > degrees of liberty: every package is connected to other packages; every > Guix user sees the exact same graph.