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Re: GUB
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David Kastrup |
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Re: GUB |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:31:45 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:
> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: GUB
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:30:04 +0200
>
>> Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> In May, when we were discussing the limitations of 32 bit MinGW, I
>>> asked Jan for an estimate of how much work it would be to add a 64-bt
>>> MinGW to GUB.
>>>
>>> His answer was that GUB is a hack, and that he wasn't interested in
>>> putting any more effort into fixing up GUB, although he would
>>> certainly provide me advice if I asked for it.
>>>
>>> His recommendation was to move to Guix[1], which is an existing and
>>> supporting package for maintaining appropriate package versions for a
>>> particular user. He said he would be willing to help with that, as
>>> it's making things better, not just spending more effort on a hack.
>>>
>>> Are there any opinions on whether we should pursue a move to Guix?
>>
>> Wouldn't that mean abandoning Windows?
>
> I don't think so. In
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2017/creating-bundles-with-guix-pack/
>
> you can find this example:
>
> guix pack --target=i686-w64-mingw32 guile
But we'd not longer have regular Windows installers, right?
--
David Kastrup
- Re: GUB, (continued)
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, Masamichi Hosoda, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, Knut Petersen, 2018/07/16
- Re: GUB, Knut Petersen, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, James Lowe, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Carl Sorensen, 2018/07/09
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: GUB, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Carl Sorensen, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Karlin High, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Knut Petersen, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, David Kastrup, 2018/07/10
- Re: GUB, Karlin High, 2018/07/11
- Re: GUB, Masamichi Hosoda, 2018/07/13