August 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM, "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org?to=%22Development%20of%20GNU%20Guix%20and%20the%20GNU%20System%20distribution.%22%20%3Cguix-devel%40gnu.org%3E > wrote:
> > Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > > > > > 3. Infrastructure: Our infra has been unreliable for months, remaining > > afloat thanks to a handful of people. We need more folks on board, > > and probably more documentation/guidance to make that happen. > > > > See > > > > <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Contributing-to-Guix_0027s-Infrastructure.html> > > > > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Contributing-to-Guix_0027s-Infrastructure.html%3E > > . > > > I think documenting step-by-step instructions for setting up a build > server and the steps involved to monitor the health of such a machine > would be good -- I think I offered some machines earlier, and I'm not > sure they are still used and who looks after them, and what the > expectations are, and I could help with it if I knew what to do. > > Btw, the 'sjd-p9' ppc64el build server could to be upgraded from the > debian bullseye that it is running now. If it is used? It seems be > busy building things though. > > How about adding another ppc64el build machine on a fresh host (I have > another Talos II around and finally got stable network connectivity for > it) -- while developing the documentation/instructions -- and then once > completed and operational, tear down the current sjd-p9 machine and > re-install it using the new instructions? My friend has a Talos II that he is happy to let you all use remotely as a worker for cuirass to help build packages. I would probably need some help setting it all up. I'll start working on connecting to it remotely via wireguard. Joshua P.S. We are currently using Chimera linux + guix. https://gnucode.me/setting-up-chimera-linux.html
