Re: Guix as GSOC Project

[Ashish Gupta]

Thanks for the suggestion Karloskar , I'll surely start with Scheme soon.

Hello Ludovic,

I have gone through the manual ( a few pages as of now),and have downloaded the source ball from the HTTP server.

My exams are going on right now , i have one on 24th April , and the next on 3rd May, so would it be okay if i start full throttle with the application after 24th April ? (26 hours after the time at which im writing this mail).

I have gone through the idea list on http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2013.html#guix, and the ideas i wish to work on are ,

Package Management through emacs.

Since i use emacs time and again, it'll be much nicer if i was say hacking away at a piece of code and it required some libraries, maybe the package manager could be made to parse the INSTALL/README files automatically and then find the required packages you need for that source ball you'll be compiling from later(I can elaborate on this a bit more).

Packaging a Modern Desktop environment in GNU Guix.

Guix needs a DE, i would suggest LXDE as the first step because it's light weight and options for switching between them can also be added later, so this project has a lot of future scope.

Another idea i had was about a Hotspot access point (Wireless).

Would this be a good place to discuss it ?

The best part is that I'll be having a summer break from 27th May (the date when volunteers are announced) to 18th June. In those 20 days, i can do a lot of learning about whatever will be relevant. And after the college starts i can spend at least 35-40 hours a week working on the project i will be assigned.

As i already mentioned, my exams are going on right now,

Would it be acceptable if my application proposal is a bit late than 24th May (3 days at MAX).

Thanks for the patience while reading this,

Looking forward to replies,

Ashish

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Ashish,

Thanks for your interest in GNU & Guix!

First I would suggest you look at http://gnu.org/s/guix and the manual
referred to from there to familiarize yourself with Guix, if you haven’t
already.  Trying to install the system and report any problems that you
have may also be a good starting point.

Guix is written in Scheme.  You don’t need to be a Scheme wizard to hack
on it, but I’d recommend looking at the code, and perhaps reading a bit
about Scheme and Guile to get a feel.

Last but not least, among the ideas listed at
<http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2013.html#guix>, which
one would you like to work on?  Or would you like to add one?

Happy hacking!

Ludo’.

Learn Scheme then! :) Great language google SICP. Also im no dev.