2026-04-15T21:23:31Z https://yabu.me Ludovic Courtès https://yabu.me/npub13ahslh3xn4czkumy6eu8uly9dfytjuc7yjtk3fsp6xl2l0n64v2q5d4c8l https://toot.aquilenet.fr/system/accounts/avatars/000/102/112/original/0ec0bd26efa0bac9.png https://toot.aquilenet.fr/system/accounts/avatars/000/102/112/original/0ec0bd26efa0bac9.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs82et67eqmlkuaf64y0aslwszn4hy6fxfks06y94v4jtzw0x5dv0szyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gxryfrg The great #Guix migration has started.<br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/guix">https://codeberg.org/guix</a> 2025-05-10T14:05:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyyp0etjx352npcx4mxp5gkvzhn93x5r0vwdudsgahwylp2twuhszyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243g7sh4gs 📢 #Guix comrades: two weeks left to discuss and improve the Codeberg migration proposal! 👇<br/><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-consensus-documents.git/tree/002-codeberg.md">https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-consensus-documents.git/tree/002-codeberg.md</a><br/><br/>Discussion 👉 <a href="https://issues.guix.gnu.org/76503">https://issues.guix.gnu.org/76503</a> 2025-03-28T15:39:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hnyun0jwmperjwdtkdvyf2ch04vfw7w8zs2z7sg8mwlz5hecf6szyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243g59u5s0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfaepswyyuznss7vw4eg8qx6p8s56zmg8alv5y0jm0jp4gxn3zr2sa2e30l'>nevent1q…e30l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>C is terrible and Rust is so much better, but I don’t think memory safety is the only justification for having ‘ls’ in Rust.<br/><br/>Some of those active in this effort worked on replacing GCC with Clang in distros before. 2025-03-15T21:46:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfaepswyyuznss7vw4eg8qx6p8s56zmg8alv5y0jm0jp4gxn3zr2szyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gdknzdd Bye, copyleft. Hello, corporate interests.<br/><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gnutools/114168573791483805">https://fosstodon.org/@gnutools/114168573791483805</a> 2025-03-15T21:44:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdetm6nn5xk939wr8u9vgrccn4cwzmy5dnwgwkrq3tpjc5w34x9ugzyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243g5derd7 Hey, I realized it’s been 12 years of #Guix today! 🎉 2024-11-23T18:39:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqwwz3uqzpaazf6j293gclejps353tcx3v6rrcahsyac2drts2nsszyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gyx3tsk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyeyneyl67gehr29mll8puz9qejmve6csjuqduujcza6kv4kz25jgvqluul'>nevent1q…luul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t know, but it’s an issue worth revisiting collectively at some point. 2024-10-16T21:19:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmzvl7pepqp2nuk0y3evygcvmtvx6qv29zlm4k4c6xhm42e38xdqzyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gkh2gk4 This 1990 UN General Assembly resolution entitled “Right of peoples to self-determination/Struggle by all available means” is worth a read:<br/><a href="https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-184801/">https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-184801/</a><br/><br/>“Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence […]”<br/><br/>“Strongly condemns the constant and deliberate violations of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, as well as the expansionist activities of Israel […]” 2024-09-10T21:48:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhl4knzu0ej0e38m7fh3vxhvgswker03xkgu77cnn4y9f36rkrnqzyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243g8nqr3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4haptm8ra5y654srzdl32a0m3nhkxfh2qsmnnx3pw02h93vjk4cjk6pkd'>nevent1q…6pkd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Interesting” thing is that Guile-Git’s test suite allowed me to find a uninitialized-value bug introduced in libgit2 1.8.1 (a patch release). 2024-08-28T14:47:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp4haptm8ra5y654srzdl32a0m3nhkxfh2qsmnnx3pw02h93vjk4czyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gphqvnp #Guile-Git 0.8.0 is out, with support for libgit2 1.8.<br/><a href="https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git">https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git</a> 2024-08-28T14:44:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7yrylfy90j6wvqseg9fmg9dxrj2yjs0fuuum9l5kl5krn2gyjzqzyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243g8zepup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pec5jmhcjhgfhq85tz7pz9k08xr8l82y5v6y92d36c4uhez3lvsnnd85u'>nevent1q…d85u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Another example: “Docker is simpler than Guix (or Nix, etc.) because it lets me use Bash, apt, pip, and other proven tools!”<br/><br/>That is a valid first impression, but the problem with Docker is elsewhere: it lets you blindly assemble software in a way that is opaque and non-reproducible.<br/><br/>Appreciating that this is a problem takes time and experience, whereas one can immediately have an opinion on what Dockerfiles look like. 2024-08-22T12:12:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0pec5jmhcjhgfhq85tz7pz9k08xr8l82y5v6y92d36c4uhez3lvszyz8k7r77y6whq2mnvnt8slnus44y3wtnrcjfw69xq8gmata70243gjad6n4 Got another of these syntax discussions: “#Guix packaging would look much easier if it used YAML like Conda!”.<br/><br/>This perception exists, but packaging experience shows that the difficulty, instead, lies in coping with funky build systems, providing the right dependencies, etc.<br/><br/>The same extends to many things in computing systems: discussions focus on the surface of things, ignoring that actual complexity stems from unprincipled assembly of whole stacks of software components. 2024-08-22T12:07:52Z