This is a cross-post of my email to guix-devel.

Hi folks,

My name is Sage. I wrote a cross-platform Guix-like package manager called Xiden. It applies functional package management to the Racket ecosystem. It is also free software under the GPLv3. The source is available at zyrolasting/xiden on Github, pending migration to a new host.

I'm at the point where users are requesting a GNU/Linux distribution for Xiden, such that Racket is the primary language for day-to-day operation. I'm ignorant of the scope of work, and am unsure if I can do it alone. My understanding is that you had to bootstrap your entire toolchain and address Ken Thompson's compiler hack from a different angle. Is that right?

I'd greatly appreciate learning how you all built Guix's GNU/Linux distribution so that I can prepare a realistic roadmap and recruit help where necessary. I'm bad at both of those things, but if there is any opportunity to collaborate on implementation details based on Xiden's progress, I am happy to give back.

Thank you for Guix, and thank you for any replies.