<OriansJ>well we do have a working rust bootstrap but not a working node.js bootstrap; so it might be of use <fossy>yeah that is what i was thinking ***ChanServ sets mode: +o rekado_
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<OriansJ>I am starting to wonder what percentage of guix developers don't use substitutes ***card.freenode.net sets mode: +o rekado
<OriansJ>because I am getting a sneaking feeling that number is quite low. <OriansJ>or am I just being too dramatic for finding issue with not being able obtain the source tar used to build the binary being distributed? Because I personally feel this is a symptom of something far more dangerous long term. <xentrac>well, I think it's a problem we need to fix <xentrac>but it's not particularly surprising. losing source code has been a common problem for decades <xentrac>it's getting better now, thanks in part to CVS, Git, Debian, Nix, Guix, GitHub, ... <xentrac>and I guess a huge factor is actually the plummeting cost of storage <bauen1>it also just occured to me that a boostrap from minimal seed linux from scratch guide might be useful (once we have a working gcc bootstrap), both to have something to show that isn't just guix but also to document the entire process <bauen1>but i do recall that you need some autotools and what not at some point, so it might become a bit lengthy lol <bauen1>in the end it should become possible to boostrap from just an usb drive with a generic linux kernel and toybox, and a few gb source code