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+ - substitute availability is good for x86_64 + - currently 98% or so + - qa.guix gives a summary + - 32-bit support is in a poor state + - idea: estimate i686 substitute usage using server logs? + - is ARMv7 (32-bit, armhf-linux) used at all? + - onboarding + - "not a lot of projects are doing email patches" + - people maintain their own stack of patches they don't submit + - "we need to do something on our side" + - teams + - "nice but not perfect", "mostly working" + - what about patches with no associated teams? + - Rust team is just Efraim + - sysadmin + - small bus factor + - Chris in charge qa.guix, data.guix, etc. + - berlin was building slowly early January: needed to vacuum the + posgresql database + - we're moving faster + - #5 on Repology + - we should talk more about package availability + - time traps + - "virtual build machine" service to address that + - could be used for 2038 bug testing + - RISC-V builds broke with some kernel update + - SWH + +## Guix Quality assurance update (Chris Baines) + + - architecture diagram + - entry points: https://qa.guix.gnu.org/patches, + https://qa.guix.gnu.org/reproducible-builds + - question about “slowness” of builds + - could use a different prioritirization method + - could add more hardware + - https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/activity -> it’s busy :-) + +## Actions + +- TBD