Re: GSoC news

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Sarthak,

Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com> skribis:

> Thanks for having me onboard!
> I hope that my project will prove useful to Guix.

Welcome on board!!  Really happy to have you here.

> My project is about implementing Parameterized Packages, which will add
> optional Gentoo USE flag-like functionality to Guix packages. This will not
> only help reduce package size but also provide users with greater choice
> with how they'd like to use their packages. I believe that this should also
> help somewhat relieve the issue of the denseness of guix's dependency
> graphs, which was recently being discussed here on the mailing list.
>
> Due to the nature of this project, it will involve taking a lot of inputs
> from the Guix community, and thus you can expect a regular thread or two
> with updates/feature discussions on this topic in the mailing list.

Indeed!  Like you write, there’s a lot of potential with parameterized
packages, and I’m confident you can make great strides in this area.
Oh, and ‘--with-configure-flags’ is already a success among HPC people
I’ve talked to!  :-)

Cheers,
Ludo’.