Re: Substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org

[Pjotr Prins]

Excellent!

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 03:56:30PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> 
> Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
> 
> > Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
> >
> >> While I've been working on the software side of building things for
> >> substitutes through the Guix Build Coordinator for over a year now [1],
> >> I've only been personally pushing to bring the benefits to Guix users by
> >> default for the last few weeks [2].
> >>
> >> 1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-04/msg00323.html
> >> 2: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2021-05/msg00020.html
> >>
> >> The strategy that currently seems most feasible is to add an additional
> >> default source of substitutes: bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.
> >>
> >> I think things are pretty much ready, you can find some information at
> >> https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/ . If you're up for trying out fetching
> >> substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org, now is a good time to do so, and
> >> please report back in terms of how it's working out for you.
> >
> > The patch to enable bordeaux.guix.gnu.org as a default substitute server
> > is available in [1].
> >
> > 1: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48435
> >
> > I've created a wip-bordeaux branch [2] now which includes that patch,
> > plus a commit to update the guix package to build guix including it. I
> > think this will be helpful when testing the changes.
> >
> > 2: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?h=wip-bordeaux
> >
> > I've also drafted a blog post, which can be found here [3].
> >
> > 3: 
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-artwork.git/tree/website/drafts/substitutes-from-bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.md
> >
> > If I can find the time to test things this week, maybe the changes in
> > #48435 can be merged on Friday. If anyone is up for testing things, or
> > reading through the blog post, that would be great.
> 
> These changes are now in master, and I've published the blog post!
> 
>   
> https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2021/substitutes-now-also-available-from-bordeauxguixgnuorg/
> 
> As said in the blog post, I regard this as an important milestone. As a
> change goes, the impact will be gradual, but I'm hoping in hindsight it
> will be a step forward.