Re: PackaginCon

[Jack Hill]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021, jbranso@dismail.de wrote:

> Hey Guix,
>
> Apparently there is going to be a virtual Packaging Conference this year:
>
> https://packaging-con.org/

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>  *  Submissions close: 31 August 2021

Thanks to you and Dong Carl on IRC for sharing! This looks like a very 
interesting event.

I'm working on a talk submission focused on the anatomy of a build system 
using my work-in-progress janet-build-system [0] as an example. I picked 
this topic because I think it will be a good way to incentivize me to finish 
the work, show how Guix can abstract over different build systems, and 
show how Guix collaborates with languages' build tools.

[0] https://git.hcoop.net/jackhill/guix/guix.git/shortlog/refs/heads/wip-janet

Of course, there are many different parts of our work on Guix that would 
be relevant for this event, so I'm sure they would welcome many 
submissions from us. I'm happy to collaborate on something or help 
brainstorm as desired. I believe that Ludo’ is also working on a 
submission.

(All that said, I am fearful that it may not be possible to participate in 
this event using Free Software. I hope that my fear is unfounded.)

Best,
Jack