Need help to bring Plasma into GuixSD

[Michael Palimaka]

Hi Hartmut,

On 10/19/2017 11:46 PM, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm working on bringing Plasma int GuixSD [1], the distribution build on
> top of the guix package manager [2].
> 
> I'm looking for somebody co-fixing the missing bits and peaces.
> 
> Guix already provides KF5 in the main distribution and I finished
> packaging all Plasma 5.10.4 packages in stable/plasma [5]. Most of the
> tests pass. Now when I try to run a plasma-session in a virtual machine,
> I get several errors which most probably somebody knowing KDE/Plasma in
> more detail can debug quickly.
> 
> The setup and use of guix is really easy: You can install guix alongside
> with your distribution without any interference within a few minutes
> [4]. Later it can be removed again by simply deleting a few files and
> directories. Creating a virtual-machine (using qemu) is a mater of
> passing a single command (and wait some time for building, of course).
> No need to setup some development-tools, no need to pollute you system.
> If necessary, I will provide all required information.
> 
> I'd appreciate if somebody of KDE's fame would help fixing this. We
> could coordinate via email off-list, irc or by other means.
> 
> I'm looking forward hearing from you :-)
> 
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
> [2]
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Package-Management.html
> [3] https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/5.10.4/
> [4]
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Installation.html#Installation
> [5] https://gitlab.com/htgoebel/guix/tree/kde-plasma
> 

Are you able to detail the errors at all? Might get a quicker response
that way.

Kind regards,

Michael