Re: [GNUnet-developers] Using GNUnet for binary package distribution

[Christian Grothoff]

> > Our current approach to package management is essentially to look at
> > ldd and grab all dependencies
>
> We could imagine customizing that part for Guix since it already has
> finer-grain info.

I think looking into that specifically would make sense.

> > gnunet-update is not yet finished, we're currently planning to revise
> > some internal part that gnunet-update will depend on (stream); still,
> > help in moving this area along would be of course welcome.
>
> So what would you think of submitting this idea for GSoC?  It might be
> more work on the GNUnet side than on the Guix side, AIUI.  Is it too
> early?  Would it interfere with work being done by other people?

No, I don't think it would interfere. Matthias and Bart will generally
be happy to mentor GSoC hacking this year, and I suspect Sree Harsha
wouldn't mind giving advice either, so mentoring should not be an issue.

Happy hacking!

Christian