Re: Hackatathon: 27th June! Let redo ReScience C.

[Etienne B. Roesch]

Hi!

As an editor for resci, I of course welcome .scm files and scripts, as examples that could be provided to future submissions. I would particularly looove a bullet-proof .scm config for the editorial process, which... is somewhat documented but has gaps: I have been working on this for one of the submissions I am handling at the moment; at the moment, I have mostly made sure to use guix for running the code submitted (python notebooks), which I'll push to the author's repo, and have not *yet* moved to the editorial process.

The above task I have started as editor overlaps completely with the theme of the hackathon, I suppose ;) Happy to do just that and finally tick it off my todo list. I am sure Nicolas will be pleased.

That may also create that opportunity to learn that I had in mind in my previous email.

Also happy to serve as a guinea pig and help create onboarding procedures. :)

Have an amazing week everyone!

Etienne

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:31 PM Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> wrote:

Hi Etienne,

"Etienne B. Roesch" <etienne.roesch@gmail.com> skribis:

> I am in. I have used both nix and guix, but I do consider myself a
> beginner. I am also a plain old researcher in neuroscience, albeit with
> formal training in software engineering. As such I think I would find it
> more valuable to spend time figuring out the best way to describe "a best
> practice" for people like me, onboarding newcomers, and write
> documentation, rather than figuring out why a Makefile doesn't compile and
> computer says no. I am also happy to join more experienced users, of
> course, and follow the flow.

I guess the goal is to make progress on providing Guix files that would
let us re-run code submitted in ReScience C papers (for instance).  In
doing that, old-timers like me can of course provide guidance to onboard
newcomers: this exercise is meaningful if we make it approachable to a
wider scientific audience.

We seasoned users (Simon, Konrad, myself, and anyone who feels
qualified) should prepare upfront to get a more precise idea of the
tasks involved and how we can onboard people.

> I have timeblocked the whole, and I am relatively free of my own movement,
> but I can't promise I wouldn't be dragged into some boring meetings. I live
> in the UK (+1h), and speak English and French. :D

Awesome.  :-)

BTW, the event will be in English but we can definitely onboard those
who might prefer to speak French or German.

Ludo’.