bug#46242: Guix System is not listed in GNOME BOxes

[Julien Lepiller]

I think gnome boxes uses libosinfo for proposing OSs. There is already some data about Guix at https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/osinfo-db/-/tree/master/data/os/guix.gnu.org

However, we only propose an xzipped iso (and not a raw iso file), so the data does not provide information on downloading. Either we have an outdated osinfo-db, or the lack of download option prevents boxes from showing it as a choice.

Le 1 février 2021 13:36:53 GMT-05:00, Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> a écrit :

Hi guix!

Guix System is not listed in ‘Create a Virtual Machine’ in GNOME Boxes,
which is rather absurd when GNOME Boxes has been installed via Guix
and when using Guix System.

‘Someone’ should fix this (preferably upstream, such that more people
will know about Guix), this ‘someone’ not being me, as my personal
TODO list is long enough as is.

Greetings,
Maxime.