Re: How do I support building a guix package over multiple machines in a cloud environment?

[zimoun]

Hi Ricardo,

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 00:39, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:

> The GWL is capable of running jobs in a distributed environment.  I
> started work on an AWS library for Guile[1], which would allow us to
> spawn EC2 instances as needed.  The library works in that it provides a
> DSL for interacting with AWS, but it needs testing, polishing, and
> integration into the GWL.

This is really great!
Let talk about that in the near future. :-)


> Currently, I’m on parental leave and don’t really get to do any hacking
> for a few months.

Take care! :-)

> I would be happy if someone else could take a look at
> the AWS library and its integration into the GWL; these tasks are not
> trivial, but there are only few unknowns and it really just requires
> time to implement the missing bits.

I will schedule some time to give a look at your library.
If you are coming at the Guix Days, we could discussed these tasks and
others. :-)


Cheers,
simon