The Full-Source Bootstrap: Building from source all the way down
Summary
Guix reports the third reduction of bootstrap binaries has merged, enabling a 22,000-node package graph rooted in a 357-byte seed. The post argues that full-source bootstrapping strengthens supply-chain security and reproducibility, detailing the bootstrapping chain from hex0-seed to M2-Planet. It also outlines future work, including ARM/RISC-V support and reducing dependency on guile-bootstrap.