It looks good. We won't run out of topics for sure. :) Pjotr Prins writes:
> Heh. Long list. > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:11:15AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> Hello Guix! >> >> We’ll close FOSDEM with a discussion on the future of Guix and GuixSD: >> >> https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/futureofguix/ >> >> Attached is a semi-structured list of topics that came to mind. Please >> feel free to bring your own, either at the event (this Sunday), or on >> this list, or on IRC during the event maybe? >> >> Ludo’. >> > >> #+TITLE: Future of Guix (panel) >> #+STARTUP: content hidestars >> >> https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/futureofguix/ >> Sunday, 16:30, K.4.601 >> >> * Organization >> >> ** sharing the work load >> >> *** security updates >> >> *** build farm >> >> *** web site, posts, videos, etc. >> >> *** handling branches: starting & merging ‘core-updates’, ‘staging’ >> >> *** release management: setting a date, choosing what goes in, publishing >> >> *** GSoC mentoring >> >> ** review >> >> *** getting more reviewers >> >> *** facilitating the process >> >> *** encouraging newcomers >> >> ** funding >> >> *** development >> >> - how do we get core & maintenance work funded? >> - how do we get funding for new areas (like ‘guix deploy’)? >> >> *** infrastructure (build farm) >> >> - sustaining infrastructure growth and maintenance >> - Jan. 2016 crowdfunding was enough for a start >> >> * Publicity, outreach >> >> ** high-performance computing (HPC) >> >> *** competition: EasyBuild, Spack, Singularity, Shifter >> >> *** stories: MDC, Utrecht, Brisbane >> >> *** possible cooperation in the near future >> >> ** reproducible science >> >> *** how to help projects such as [[https://rescience.github.io/][ReScience]]? >> >> *** make reproducible free software stacks the obvious choice >> >> ** containers, deployment >> >> *** competition: Docker, Kubernetes, NixOps >> >> *** stories: gov.uk (Chris Baines), bayfront.guixsd.org >> >> ** hold Guix User Gatherings (GUGs)? >> >> * Code >> >> ** 1.0 in 2017! (see roadmap in >> [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/guix-ghm-20160818.pdf][GHM 2016 talk]]) >> >> *** ‘guix pull’ and channels >> >> *** Git checkout authentication >> >> *** performance & usability improvements >> >> *** GuixSD graphical installer (John) >> >> *** self-hosted infrastructure >> >> **** Cuirass >> >> **** ‘guix publish’ improvements >> >> **** build machines running GuixSD >> >> *** bug fixes >> >> ** next big thing: ‘guix deploy’ >> >> ** scalability >> >> *** better importers & updaters >> >> *** better ‘guix lint -c cve’ >> >> ** reproducibility: reach 90% or so, and measure >> >> ** bootstrapping >> >> *** reduce the size of our bootstrap binaries (Bournish? Mes? …) >> >> *** “do something” about compilers that cannot be bootstrapped
