GNU Guix is growing rapidly and has gone from a software packaging system to a full tool stack aimed at reproducible software deployment and development.
GNU Guix is a toolkit that allows developers to integrate reproducible software deployment into their applications—as opposed to leaving it up to the user. GNU Guix is based on the GNU Guile programming language which makes it a very versatile and hackable (in the good sense) environment.
When?
Monday, February 8th, 2021, the day after FOSDEM.
Starting at 5am UTC (6am Amsterdam, 7am Athens) we will cover at least 12 hours to cater for Asia, Europe and the USA time zones.
In the European afternoon (from 2PM UTC+1) the following sessions are planned:
Outreachy, hosted by Magali Lemes, Gábor Boskovits, Simon Tournier
In pure “unconference” style, the rest of the program will be made by participants as we go, with hands-on sessions organized in sub-groups. Possible session topics that have already been proposed include:
GNU Guix road map
GNU Guix online documentation
Mes and bootstrapping with Jan
Reproducibility project
Alternative target architectures (ARM, RISCV, POWER etc.)
Developing workflows (GNU Guix and GNU Workflow Language)
Demonstration and explanation of The Perfect Setup (Emacs, Geiser, Magit)
Demonstration and live-hacking of Next browser + introduction to the code base
Better build systems for JVM languages in GNU Guix (support Maven, sbt, Gradle, ...)
Be aware that attendees implicitly abide by the code of conduct as stated by FOSDEM. As this is a FOSDEM fringe event the organizers can be contacted in case of a problem.
How to register?
It is not necessary to register because this is an 'open door' online event. Even so, if you intend to attend do add your name here.
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