Re: Guix on clusters and in HPC

[Thomas Danckaert]

From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: Guix on clusters and in HPC
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:20:43 +0200

> So I’ve come up with an initial list of work items going from the
> immediate needs to crazy ideas (batch scheduler integration!) that
> hopefully make sense to cluster/HPC people.  I’d be happy to get
> feedback, suggestions, etc. from whoever is interested!

Here's a semi-crazy suggestion: some HPC people really like the intel 
compiler/math kernel library, so a way to switch toolchains on 
packages, and somehow integrate “foreign” toolchains would suit them. 
But that might be “advocating the use of non-free software” (in fact 
I almost feel like a heretic for bringing this up :-) ...).

best,

Thomas