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[PATCH] machine: Implement 'hetzner-environment-type'.

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Message #73 received at 75144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Roman Scherer <roman <at> burningswell.com>
Cc: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>,
 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>,
 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, 75144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#75144] [PATCH v3 2/2] machine: Implement
 'hetzner-environment-type'.
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:21 +0100

Hi,

Roman Scherer <roman <at> burningswell.com> skribis:

> While working on this the user experience of guix deploy really
> shined/falled, depending on substitute availability and stability. I'm
> probably biased and having bad luck with aarch-64 based Guix systems.
>
> For example, using the ARM based servers (which are cheaper than x86)
> with Guix on Hetzner can lead to a headache if you or the the servers
> you deploy to start building Rust and friends. :/

Yup, I agree.  bordeaux.guix used to have very high substitute
availability for aarch64, while ci.guix has always been lagging behind,
mostly because it’s underpowered in aarch64.  For a couple of months,
bordeaux.guix was also lagging behind on all architectures, but that
appears to be fixed now:

  https://qa.guix.gnu.org/branch/master

Ludo’.

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