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Re: GUB


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: GUB
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:31:45 +0200
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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



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