Re: Brain storming cool Guix features

[znavko]

Hello! As topic is started, I suggest this to a roadmap http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/ROADMAP :

znavko`s  roadmap suggestions:
- total guix architecture guide (not only descriptions of cases ‘environment’, ‘system’, ‘package’ and its options) with pictures,
- interface for searching for substitute servers or a list of available servers
- searching interface for packages substitution (server url, system type, package version), how you can find server where package you need is compiled
- feature for getting source config.scm used in `guix system configure` (for beginners when deleted or modified to unworkable)
- count estimative compilation time for every package in different system configurations and display it  for user system configuration when run `guix package -u` or `guix package -i name`
- promotional video with infographics why to choose Guix and GuixSD

Also this:

- wiki with operating system configurations (starting from a subject, but not from existing options): system packages, services configurations with examples and full list of variables even where to paste it,
- Guile and Scheme for Beginners book.

Jan 4, 2019, 12:11 PM by address@hidden:

I had some cool ideas/features for things that GuixSD could potentially

add, and I wanted to share. Are any of these possible?

#+BEGIN_SRC scheme

(operating system

(keymap "dvorak")

...)

#+END_SRC

The above would make the bootloader, console, X, and wayland all use the

dvorak layout. That would be a nice feature! I currently use "dvorak",

and it's slightly annoying that grub uses qwerty. :(

#+BEGIN_SRC

(user-account

(name "joshua")

(default-font "font-hack"))

#+END_SRC

The above would set a default font for the user joshua.

How about a hook that stores the user's profile of packages in a

manifest file after every package transaction (upgrade or downgrade)?

#+BEGIN_SRC

(user-account

(name "joshua")

(updates-in-manifest #t)

(manifest-file "/etc/manifest.scm"))

#+END_SRC

How about automatic updates? Since a guixSD user can always downgrade

to the previous version, it would be nice if it would automatically

update my user profile, root profile and reconfigure say once a week.

#+BEGIN_SRC scheme

(operating system

(auto-upgrade #t)

(auto-upgrade-interval 'once-a-week)

...)

#+END_SRC

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Joshua Branson

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