[Bio-packaging] testing out guix

[Pjotr Prins]

Adding OSX support will be quite a bit of work, I expect. Better to
focus on bioinformatics packages for now. We'll get it at some point.

Pj.

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 09:31:57AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public66 at thebird.nl> writes:
> 
> >> * OSX support seems like it would be very pertinent for
> >> bioinformaticians, does/will guix support?
> >
> > Nix has OSX support, and there is also little in Guix that can not be
> > ported to OSX (GNU Guix has multiple targets and even supports the
> > Hurd!). I expect someone will do it. The project is only gaining
> > momentum, so once someone competent has the itch to scratch...
> 
> Actually, I just found out that I *do* have a spare OSX machine lying
> around here (it was just returned).  I'll need to check with Ludo about
> how to approach porting and see if I can make time for it.
> 
> I have *never* used a Mac before, so it'll all be very new to me, but
> with some help and sufficient hints I might be able to get the bootstrap
> stuff compiled.
> 
> >> * Installing from gnu hydra is way slow on the underside of the
> >> planet, I'm getting DL speeds of 70KB/s. There's no mirrors?
> >
> > We need to create mirrors. I don't think it is hard to do. Ricardo,
> > what do you think?
> 
> I know that it's possible to add machines to the Guix build farm.
> Alternatively, one could run Hydra on a couple of dedicated machines and
> offer an additional build farm (maybe limited to x86_64) which could
> then be authorized.  I don't think "dumb" rsync mirrors are possible at
> this point, but I'm not the right person to ask, I'm afraid.
> 
> ~~ Ricardo
> 

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