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15/45: reppar: Add some sort of a conclusion.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
15/45: reppar: Add some sort of a conclusion. |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:37:03 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository maintenance.
commit 5d41aa42f03ee114641f1a63d5fb63c95447c4c1
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Sun May 31 13:09:35 2015 +0200
reppar: Add some sort of a conclusion.
---
doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
b/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
index ca7582f..db2f2b4 100644
--- a/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
+++ b/doc/reppar-2015/reproducible-hpc.skb
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
(list (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.config/guix/latest")
(string-append (dirname file) "/code")))))
+;; Ignore the user-defined packages.
+(unsetenv "GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH")
+
(use-modules (skribilo package lncs)
(skribilo engine latex)
(skribilo biblio author)
@@ -26,7 +29,8 @@
((guix store) #:prefix guix:)
(guix hash) (guix base32)
((guix serialization) #:select (write-file))
- (my-openmpi))
+ (my-openmpi)
+ (gnu packages))
(define-values (%openmpi-path %openmpi-hash)
;; Here we connect to the Guix build daemon to get information about
@@ -720,10 +724,25 @@ common cases, although there are limits to the
expressivity and
readability of such a compact syntax. ,(bold [FIXME: What else about
Spack?])]))
- (chapter :title [Conclusion] :ident "conclusion")
+ (chapter :title [Conclusion] :ident "conclusion"
+
+ (p [Functional package managers provide the foundations for
+reproducible software environments, while still allowing fine-grain
+software composition and not imposing high disk and RAM costs.
+GNU,(~)Guix builds on the foundations of Nix and provides a unified set
+of user and programming interfaces. To date, it comes with
+,(fold-packages (lambda (p n) (+ 1 n)) 0) including many of the common
+HPC tools and libraries as well as around 40 bioinformatics packages.
+It is deployed on the cluster of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular
+Medicine, Berlin, and being discussed as one of the packaging options by
+the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, a non-profit for the biological
+research community. We hope to see more HPC deployments of Guix in the
+foreseeable future.])
+ (p [GNU,(~)Guix benefits from contributions by about 20 people
+each month. It is the foundation of the Guix System Distribution, a
+standalone, reproducible GNU/Linux distribution.]))
- (references)
- )
+ (references))
;; Local Variables:
;; compile-command: "skribilo -t latex -o reproducible-hpc.tex
reproducible-hpc.skb && rubber --pdf reproducible-hpc.tex"
- branch master updated (028164d -> 23a0b66), Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 01/45: reviews: Add more links., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 03/45: reppar: Mention CMake., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 05/45: reppar: Fix a couple of typos., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 06/45: reppar: More on StarPU and Chameleon., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 08/45: reppar: Add missing bibliography file., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 09/45: reppar: Write about limitations., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 07/45: reppar: Augment outline., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 04/45: reppar: Write about the HiePACS/Runtime use case., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 15/45: reppar: Add some sort of a conclusion.,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- 16/45: reppar: Fix typo., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 17/45: reppar: Remove empty figure., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 13/45: reppar: Implement Ricardo's suggestions., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 20/45: reppar: Remove bibliography entries for Web sites., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 18/45: reppar: Add MDC experience report + comments on RPMs., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 19/45: reppar: Fix typos, improve wording., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 10/45: reppar: Add "Related Work" section., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 11/45: reppar: Mention approaches based on VMs and Docker., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 14/45: reppar: Implement Andreas' suggestions., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09
- 23/45: reppar: Abbreviate book titles in the bibliography., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/06/09