Re: Google Summer of Code Inquiry

[Ekaitz Zarraga]

Hi all,

Yes, I proposed the project because that was something I wanted to do 
myself, but I didn't have the time for.

As Ludo suggests, start getting familiar with Guix's codebase and usage. 
I can help you with contribution later.

When digging on the code, this talk by Josselin Poiret is very helpful:

https://10years.guix.gnu.org/program/#guixy-guile-the-derivation-factory-a-tour-of-the-guix-source-tree

Feel free to contact us at any time and as questions. I more than open 
to answer all I can.

Also, I recommend you take a look to what an AppImage is, if you are not 
sure about it and how `guix pack` works, i.e. what contents do the 
`pack`s have. Once you get that, it shouldn't be too hard to combine both.

Cheers,
Ekaitz

On 2024-03-29 10:52, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Zachary,
>
> Zachary Liebl <guix@zachliebl.com> skribis:
>
> > I am interested in taking on one of your Google Summer of Code projects. I have 
> > been a long time NixOS user, and I need an excuse to finally get involved with 
> > Guix, and I think this is it.
> >
> > I am particularly interested in the project "Add support for AppImage in guix 
> > pack." What should my next steps be in my application for your GSoC project?
>
> Thanks for reaching out to us!  I’m Cc’ing Ekaitz who’s willing to
> mentor this effort according to
> <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GSoC-2024> (other people
> familiar with ‘guix pack’, myself included, can give a hand during the
> project).
>
> The first steps for GSoC candidates is usually to get familiar with the
> project and its code base.  I would first recommend installing Guix and
> playing around with it, including with ‘guix pack’.  You could try
> making a first contribution, for example by adding a package that you
> need but is missing.  Here’s a good entry point:
>
>    https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Contributing.html
>
> These are the first things that come to mind but Ekaitz might have other
> ideas!
>
> Cheers,
> Ludo’.