On 17-02-03 05:44:25, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > 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)?
Interesting thought. I am sitting (mentally) on the idea of writing about / weaving together tools of liquid democracy (for example 'liquidfeedback') with free software projects and growing communities. This is beyond simple guix user gatherings though. I'm interested in what you present/talk about with this 'GUG' point. > >> > >> * 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 > > -- ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/
