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Re: GSoC news
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: GSoC news |
Date: |
Sun, 07 May 2023 23:36:44 +0200 |
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Hi Sarthak,
Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> skribis:
> Thanks for having me onboard!
> I hope that my project will prove useful to Guix.
Welcome on board!! Really happy to have you here.
> My project is about implementing Parameterized Packages, which will add
> optional Gentoo USE flag-like functionality to Guix packages. This will not
> only help reduce package size but also provide users with greater choice
> with how they'd like to use their packages. I believe that this should also
> help somewhat relieve the issue of the denseness of guix's dependency
> graphs, which was recently being discussed here on the mailing list.
>
> Due to the nature of this project, it will involve taking a lot of inputs
> from the Guix community, and thus you can expect a regular thread or two
> with updates/feature discussions on this topic in the mailing list.
Indeed! Like you write, there’s a lot of potential with parameterized
packages, and I’m confident you can make great strides in this area.
Oh, and ‘--with-configure-flags’ is already a success among HPC people
I’ve talked to! :-)
Cheers,
Ludo’.