Re: Google Summer of Code Inquiry

[Noé Lopez]

> Hello Zachary,
> 
> just wanted to chime in. Since last week I have some working code to generate 
> AppImages with guix pack. I was planning on tidying this up for submission 
> over the next weeks. There is still work to do regarding documentation, 
> adding options specific to the AppImage format, building the AppImageKit 
> runtime from source and a lot of testing.
> 
> However, I believe that the remaining effort is around 8-10 hours. I am happy 
> to hand the code over to you to finish up and co-mentor (though this patch 
> would be my first contribution to guix) if you think this is appropriate.
> 
> I do not wish to  discourage from contribtuting to the project, just hoping 
> to avoid duplicated efforts
> 
> Best
> Sebastian
> 
> PS: this is also my first message sent to a mailing list, hope it makes it 
> through ok. Please point out any errors or breackes in netiquette

Hi Sebastian,

I would love to have guix pack generate AppImages, did Zachary end up
still doing the project?

If not, can you send me the patch so I can try it out and try to finish
it myself?

Thanks in advance,
Noé Lopez