Got another of these syntax discussions: “#Guix packaging would look much easier if it used YAML like Conda!”. This perception exists, but packaging experience shows that the difficulty, instead, lies in coping with funky build systems, providing the right dependencies, etc. The same extends to many things in computing systems: discussions focus on the surface of things, ignoring that actual complexity stems from unprincipled assembly of whole stacks of software components.
The mess that #Anaconda’s new licensing fees is poised to create in academia should be a wake-up call. From an #OpenScience perspective, and from the perspective of publicly-funded research, it makes no sense to trade autonomy for perceived convenience. Time to look at commercial offerings suspiciously and to focus on building our commons. image
The #Guix home page redesign by [@luis_felipe]( ) has landed, sweet!