Subject: Re: bug#65732: [PATCH 0/2] Add the Build Farm Front-End

From: Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:06:22 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Christopher Baines <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (bffe): New variable.
>
>
> [...]
>
>> +             ;; Guile libraries are needed here for cross-compilation.
>> +             (car (assoc-ref (package-native-inputs guix) "guile"))
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> Rather: (lookup-package-native-input guix "guile")

I've actually changed this to guile-next now, as the bffe needs the new
scheme custom/soft ports that don't cause issues with fibers.

>> +      (home-page "https://git.cbaines.net/guix/bffe")
>> +      (synopsis "Build Farm Front-end for Guix")
>> +      (description
>> +       "The BFFE of Build Farm Front-end is an experimental frontend for Guix
>> +build farms.  It works together with the Guix Data Service and Guix Build
>> +Coordinator to submit builds and monitor the activity.
>
> Looks nice!  Have you already deployed it somewhere?

It's been running on bayfront for a while, and manages pages like:

  https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/
  https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/activity
  https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/build/21fa2ed8-b4d0-43ca-8531-e1fa33266708

As well as taking over the job of querying the data service for builds
and submitting them to the coordinator.