Re: Guix user statistics and upstream/downstream dependencies

[Nicolas Graves]

Hi John,

Andrew Tropin and a few contributers are also using and extending Guix
into its own developer and power user friendly GNU/Linux distribution,
you can find more info on the project page :

https://git.sr.ht/~abcdw/rde

Or we can answer any questions you would have with Andrew.


You can also find a collection of channels, packages and services here :

https://toys.whereis.%E3%81%BF%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA (or here if badly pasted : 
https://git.sr.ht/~whereiseveryone/toys)

There are probably multiple projects of interest there for you.

Cheers,

Nicolas


On 2024-05-13 05:13, John Kehayias wrote:

> Hi Guix-ers,
>
> I have been working on putting in a concept note (to be hopefully
> invited for a full proposal) for the Open Technology Sustainability
> Fund (thanks Maxim for posting this earlier!). My goal would be to get
> support for some broad and deep improvements to Guix around
> user/contributor workflows, governance and organization, and generally
> improving our response to bugs/patches/feature work. Unfortunately
> this comes at a very busy time of year for me, and just before I head
> off for some travel.
>
> Anyway, I wanted to ask if there is any info or statistics anyone has
> to help with some project information they request:
>
> 1. Users & Beneficiaries: Provide an overview of the project’s user
>    base, their demographics and statistics, and any other indirect
>    beneficiaries.
>
> 2. Dependencies: Provide an overview of the project’s software
>    upstream and downstream dependencies.
>
> For the first, maybe someone has some unofficial surveys or things
> like download stats, mirrors, etc.?
>
> A Guix user/contributor survey came up in the past and is one I would
> propose doing as part of this proposal as I think we are lacking some
> useful information.
>
> For the second, obviously we depend on things like Guile and Shepherd,
> as well as everything that makes a distro tick (packages). But what
> about downstream?
>
> I know Guix is used for some research, high performance computing,
> ...what else do people know of or anywhere we mention this? (Would be
> great to have a "powered by Guix" on our website, by the way!)
>
> Anyway, any useful information please do send my way (privately if you
> prefer)! I will need to wrap this up by the 15th unfortunately, and
> probably a long shot, but would be fantastic to get some funding to be
> able to work full time on Guix. And if I make it to the proposal stage
> I'll be reaching out to put together more formal pieces and recruiting
> people that would like to work on any funded work.
>
> Thanks all!
> John
>
>

-- 
Best regards,
Nicolas Graves