GNU Guix is 4 years old! Ludovic Courtes` GNU Hackers Meeting, Rennes, August 2016 The rise and fall of distros. “Debian and other distributions are going to be that thing you run docker on, little more.” — Jos Poortvliet, ownCloud developer http://lwn.net/Articles/670566/ It’s also that thing you run inside Docker! main griefs: I distros are inflexible I distros “lag behind” I developers have to “chase distros” http://xkcd.com/1654/ ! “app bundles” Giving up? Giving up? ! “app bundles” https://imagelayers.io/ Maybe what we need is an app store that feels like apt, yum & co.? ... still too low-level ... still too low-level Maybe what we need is an app store that feels like apt, yum & co.? “There is in fact another system with very similar goals, which is now called Flatpak [...]” “This is, to put it diplomatically, a heaping pile of steaming bullshit [...] served by the Canonical press department.” — Adam Williamson (Red Hat, Fedora) https://www.happyassassin.net/ “This is, to put it diplomatically, a heaping pile of steaming bullshit [...] served by the Canonical press department.” “There is in fact another system with very similar goals, which is now called Flatpak [...]” — Adam Williamson (Red Hat, Fedora) https://www.happyassassin.net/ http://flatpak.org/ “app bundles” are headed wrong I difficulty to compose software packages I no “big picture” integration work I where’s the Corresponding Source? I “app” model/free software commons mismatch Guix 1. transactional package manager 2. software environment manager 3. APIs & tools to customize environments 4. packaging tools $ guix package -i gcc-toolchain coreutils sed grep ... $ eval `guix package --search-paths` ... $ guix package --manifest=my-software.scm ... A simple matter of installing the deps, right? Want to get started hacking on GIMP? Want to get started hacking on GIMP? A simple matter of installing the deps, right? gimp-2.8.14 python2-pygtk-2.24.0 libexif-0.6.21 librsvg-2.40.13 gegl-0.2.0 gtk+-2.24.28 libgsf-1.14.34 babl-0.1.10 pango-1.38.1 gdk-pixbuf-2.32.3 atk-2.18.0 harfbuzz-1.0.5 python2-pygobject-2.28.6 gobject-introspection-1.46.0 python2-pycairo-1.10.0 cups-2.1.0 cups-filters-1.4.0 cairo-1.14.2 python-waf-1.8.8 icu4c-55.1 poppler-0.37.0 font-dejavu-2.34 libcroco-0.6.8 cairo-1.14.2 tar-1.28 avahi-0.6.31 ijs-9.14.0 glib-2.46.1 libspectre-0.2.7 intltool-0.51.0 libdaemon-0.14 libtool-2.4.6 tzdata-2015g pixman-0.32.8 openjpeg-1.5.2 ghostscript-9.14.0 cups-minimal-2.1.0 dbus-1.10.0 perl-xml-parser-2.44 file-5.25 automake-1.15 libpng-1.5.26 qpdf-5.1.3 lcms-2.6 libpaper-1.1.24 graphite2-1.3.3 python-wrapper-3.4.3 gnutls-3.4.7 autoconf-wrapper-2.69 autoconf-wrapper-2.69 coreutils-8.24 python2-fonttools-2.5 pcre-8.38 libtiff-4.0.6 python-3.4.3 python-2.7.10 libjpeg-8d which-2.21 guile-2.0.11 nettle-3.1.1 libidn-1.32 autoconf-2.69 libcap-2.24 python2-setuptools-18.3.1 bzip2-1.0.6 libffi-3.2.1 acl-2.2.52 gdbm-1.11 tk-8.6.4 sqlite-3.10.0 libjpeg-9a bash-4.3.42 gmp-6.1.0 libgc-7.4.2 libltdl-2.4.6 libunistring-0.9.6 attr-2.4.47 tcl-8.6.4 bison-3.0.4 readline-6.3 libxft-2.3.2 libatomic-ops-7.4.2 libxinerama-1.1.3 libxrandr-1.4.2 libxcursor-1.1.14 libxi-1.7.4 libxcomposite-0.4.4 libxdamage-1.1.4 flex-2.6.0 fontconfig-2.11.94 ncurses-6.0 gettext-0.19.7 libxrender-0.9.8 libxext-1.3.3 libxfixes-5.0.1 compositeproto-0.4.2 freetype-2.6 indent-2.2.10 bison-2.7.1 gs-fonts-8.11 expat-2.1.0 libx11-1.6.2 fixesproto-5.0 m4-1.4.17 xextproto-7.3.0 libxcb-1.11 kbproto-1.0.6 inputproto-2.3.1 libxslt-1.1.28 xcb-proto-1.11 libxau-1.0.8 xtrans-1.3.5 libxdmcp-1.1.1 randrproto-1.4.0 libxml2-2.9.3 python-minimal-wrapper-3.4.3 renderproto-0.11.1 libpthread-stubs-0.3 libgcrypt-1.6.4 xproto-7.0.26 python-minimal-3.4.3 libgpg-error-1.21 xineramaproto-1.2.1 util-macros-1.19.0 damageproto-1.2.1 zlib-1.2.8 openssl-1.0.2e pkg-config-0.29 libtasn1-4.7 perl-5.22.1 $ guix environment --container gimp ... $ guix environment --container gimp \ --ad-hoc git autoconf automake gdb ... Creating package variants at the command line $ guix package -i git \ --with-input=openssl=libressl ... $ guix package -i emacs \ --with-source=./emacs-25.1rc0.tar.gz ... $ guix package -i emacs \ --with-source=./emacs-25.1rc0.tar.gz ... $ guix package -i git \ --with-input=openssl=libressl ... Your personal packages or variants in GUIX PACKAGE PATH! Security updates “grafted” onto available binaries gimp-2.8.14 python2-pygtk-2.24.0 libexif-0.6.21 librsvg-2.40.13 gegl-0.2.0 gtk+-2.24.28 libgsf-1.14.34 babl-0.1.10 pango-1.38.1 gdk-pixbuf-2.32.3 atk-2.18.0 harfbuzz-1.0.5 python2-pygobject-2.28.6 gobject-introspection-1.46.0 python2-pycairo-1.10.0 cups-2.1.0 cups-filters-1.4.0 cairo-1.14.2 python-waf-1.8.8 icu4c-55.1 poppler-0.37.0 font-dejavu-2.34 libcroco-0.6.8 cairo-1.14.2 tar-1.28 avahi-0.6.31 ijs-9.14.0 glib-2.46.1 libspectre-0.2.7 intltool-0.51.0 libdaemon-0.14 libtool-2.4.6 tzdata-2015g pixman-0.32.8 openjpeg-1.5.2 ghostscript-9.14.0 cups-minimal-2.1.0 dbus-1.10.0 perl-xml-parser-2.44 file-5.25 automake-1.15 libpng-1.5.26 qpdf-5.1.3 lcms-2.6 libpaper-1.1.24 graphite2-1.3.3 python-wrapper-3.4.3 gnutls-3.4.7 autoconf-wrapper-2.69 autoconf-wrapper-2.69 coreutils-8.24 python2-fonttools-2.5 pcre-8.38 libtiff-4.0.6 python-3.4.3 python-2.7.10 libjpeg-8d which-2.21 guile-2.0.11 nettle-3.1.1 libidn-1.32 autoconf-2.69 libcap-2.24 python2-setuptools-18.3.1 bzip2-1.0.6 libffi-3.2.1 acl-2.2.52 gdbm-1.11 tk-8.6.4 sqlite-3.10.0 libjpeg-9a bash-4.3.42 gmp-6.1.0 libgc-7.4.2 libltdl-2.4.6 libunistring-0.9.6 attr-2.4.47 tcl-8.6.4 bison-3.0.4 readline-6.3 libxft-2.3.2 libatomic-ops-7.4.2 libxinerama-1.1.3 libxrandr-1.4.2 libxcursor-1.1.14 libxi-1.7.4 libxcomposite-0.4.4 libxdamage-1.1.4 flex-2.6.0 fontconfig-2.11.94 ncurses-6.0 gettext-0.19.7 libxrender-0.9.8 libxext-1.3.3 libxfixes-5.0.1 compositeproto-0.4.2 freetype-2.6 indent-2.2.10 bison-2.7.1 gs-fonts-8.11 expat-2.1.0 libx11-1.6.2 fixesproto-5.0 m4-1.4.17 xextproto-7.3.0 libxcb-1.11 kbproto-1.0.6 inputproto-2.3.1 libxslt-1.1.28 xcb-proto-1.11 libxau-1.0.8 xtrans-1.3.5 libxdmcp-1.1.1 randrproto-1.4.0 libxml2-2.9.3 python-minimal-wrapper-3.4.3 renderproto-0.11.1 libpthread-stubs-0.3 libgcrypt-1.6.4 xproto-7.0.26 python-minimal-3.4.3 libgpg-error-1.21 xineramaproto-1.2.1 util-macros-1.19.0 damageproto-1.2.1 zlib-1.2.8 openssl-1.0.2e pkg-config-0.29 libtasn1-4.7 perl-5.22.1 GuixSD: declarative OS config Linux-libre Linux-libre initial RAM disk Linux-libre initial RAM disk Guile Linux-libre initial RAM disk Guile PID 1: GNU Shepherd services... Linux-libre initial RAM disk Guile PID 1: GNU Shepherd services... Guile Linux-libre initial RAM disk Guile PID 1: GNU Shepherd services... Guile applications Status. 4 years! I Aug. 2012 — GNU Hackers Meeting, Dusseldorf¨ I Nov. 2012 — dubbed GNU I Jan. 2013 — 0.1 I ... I July 2014 — 0.7, installable operating system I ... I Nov. 2015 — 0.9.0, new service framework, etc. I Jan. 2016 — successful fundraiser for new build farm I Mar. 2016 — 0.10.0, grafts, GNOME I Aug. 2016 — 0.11.0, system tests, more services growth! I 3,800+ packages I 4 architectures I binaries at https://hydra.gnu.org I ≈500 new packages per release Scaling up. importers & updaters I guix import I 8.5 importers: GNU, Nix, PyPI, CPAN, CRAN, Hackage, ELPA, Gem, npm (GSoC 2016) I guix refresh I 11 updaters: GNU, GNOME, KDE, Xorg, ELPA, CRAN, Bioconductor, Hackage, PyPI, Gem, GitHub I guix lint -c cve (vulnerabilities) I 30 committers, but 5–10 frequent reviewers I 50+ emails per day, hard to track patches I Patchwork? QEMU’s patches? suggestions? contributions I documented processes, code of conduct I consensus-based decision making I tools: guix lint (12 checkers!), guix build --rounds=2, etc.