> Do you want to convince people that something like guix is better than docker
No, we show that Guix is a tool that gives you a way to work with software environments at a higher level; but at the same time you don't have to give up on application bundles like Docker. You can simply generate Docker images or other forms of applications bundles from that higher-level representation.
You are welcome to take a look at this paper that I co-authored where we explain why we use Guix for a reproducible bioinformatics pipeline, and the rigorous, declarative functional package management approach instead of the imperative approach of Docker files:
We're also providing Docker images, but we generate them from a higher-level declarative specification that ensures a high degree of bit-reproducibility.
No, we show that Guix is a tool that gives you a way to work with software environments at a higher level; but at the same time you don't have to give up on application bundles like Docker. You can simply generate Docker images or other forms of applications bundles from that higher-level representation.
You are welcome to take a look at this paper that I co-authored where we explain why we use Guix for a reproducible bioinformatics pipeline, and the rigorous, declarative functional package management approach instead of the imperative approach of Docker files:
We're also providing Docker images, but we generate them from a higher-level declarative specification that ensures a high degree of bit-reproducibility.