Cross compilation status

2023-09-10 Thread Mathieu Othacehe
Hello, In order for Guix to become an alternative to tools such as Yocto and Buildroot, having most or all our packages cross-compiling is a prerequisite. Here is a status of cross-compilation in Guix. For cross-compilation to work, the build-system needs to support cross-compilation. The follo

Re: Cross compilation status

2023-09-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 11:14:29AM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote: > > I have CC'ed members of the python, java, ruby, rust, r, haskell and > emacs teams. Any plans adding cross-compilation support to your > build-system, barriers to overcome? Speaking as the one who added the rakudo build system

Re: Cross compilation status

2023-09-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 11:14:29AM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote: > > Hello, > > In order for Guix to become an alternative to tools such as Yocto and > Buildroot, having most or all our packages cross-compiling is a > prerequisite. > > Here is a status of cross-compilation in Guix. For cross-co

Re: How can we decrease the cognitive overhead for contributors?

2023-09-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 04:20:30PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > Josselin Poiret writes: > > > Regarding the “mom argument”, I would disagree and say that this is > > completely related: interruptions are more costly, you're more likely to > > have less attention span, and overall you probabl

Re: Cross compilation status

2023-09-10 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Mathieu! Mathieu Othacehe writes: > Hello, > > In order for Guix to become an alternative to tools such as Yocto and > Buildroot, having most or all our packages cross-compiling is a > prerequisite. > > Here is a status of cross-compilation in Guix. For cross-compilation to > work, the build-

Re: Cross compilation status

2023-09-10 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Hi Mathieu, Am Sonntag, dem 10.09.2023 um 11:14 +0200 schrieb Mathieu Othacehe: > I have CC'ed members of the python, java, ruby, rust, r, haskell and > emacs teams. Any plans adding cross-compilation support to your > build-system, barriers to overcome? For Emacs, there are layers of problems. F