bug#36708: guix.gnu.org/packages is 6 weeks stale, claims recent update

bug#36708: guix.gnu.org/packages is 6 weeks stale, claims recent update

[Mark H Weaver]

As I write this, <https://guix.gnu.org/packages/> is over 6 weeks stale,
but claims to have been updated two days ago, on July 15:

  "GNU Guix provides 9,789 packages transparently available as pre-built
  binaries. These pages provide a complete list of the packages. Our
  continuous integration system shows their current build status
  (updated July 15, 2019)."

The same site shows the latest 'linux-libre' package to be 5.1.5:

  https://guix.gnu.org/packages/L/page/5/

In fact, 'linux-libre' was updated to 5.1.6 early on June 1st:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=b6cf7e54ea412ed24e6b3ca55a5b452a70ec957f

      Mark

bug#36708: Serving an up-to-date https://guix.gnu.org/packages

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Mark,

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> As I write this, <https://guix.gnu.org/packages/> is over 6 weeks stale,

As I wrote to guix-sysadmin:

   The package list at <https://guix.gnu.org/packages> is made from the
   current ‘guix’ package, not from the latest ‘master’.  We should
   work to build it dynamically with something like hpcguix-web, or to
   generate it from an inferior of ‘master’.

Since we now host guix.gnu.org ourselves, we can do whatever pleases us.
:-)  The package index was one of the motivations for self-hosting, so
now we should get our act together!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#36708: Serving an up-to-date https://guix.gnu.org/packages

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

>    The package list at <https://guix.gnu.org/packages> is made from the
>    current ‘guix’ package, not from the latest ‘master’.  We should
>    work to build it dynamically with something like hpcguix-web, or to
>    generate it from an inferior of ‘master’.

I went for the latter option in commit
9dbb0073be83c25b44400a62ec22d0b240a88130 of guix-artwork.git.

That approach was also motivated by the fact that people would get
different behavior depending on whether their ‘guix’ package depends on
guile-json@1 or @3, as reported by nixo on IRC.

That’s also the reason why the web site was no longer updated since
9c6f714305460e99c681d9b7f368e13bfe49fdd9 was pushed: the ‘guix’ on
berlin is still on guile-json@1, but said commit expects guile-json@3.

If everything goes well, we should see an up-to-date list at
<https://guix.gnu.org/packages> within 40 minutes.

Ludo’.

bug#36708: Serving an up-to-date https://guix.gnu.org/packages

[Mark H Weaver]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>>    The package list at <https://guix.gnu.org/packages> is made from the
>>    current ‘guix’ package, not from the latest ‘master’.  We should
>>    work to build it dynamically with something like hpcguix-web, or to
>>    generate it from an inferior of ‘master’.
>
> I went for the latter option in commit
> 9dbb0073be83c25b44400a62ec22d0b240a88130 of guix-artwork.git.
>
> That approach was also motivated by the fact that people would get
> different behavior depending on whether their ‘guix’ package depends on
> guile-json@1 or @3, as reported by nixo on IRC.
>
> That’s also the reason why the web site was no longer updated since
> 9c6f714305460e99c681d9b7f368e13bfe49fdd9 was pushed: the ‘guix’ on
> berlin is still on guile-json@1, but said commit expects guile-json@3.
>
> If everything goes well, we should see an up-to-date list at
> <https://guix.gnu.org/packages> within 40 minutes.

Looks good to me.  I'm closing this bug now.

   Thank you! :)
      Mark

bug#36708: guix.gnu.org/packages is 6 weeks stale, claims recent update

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> As I write this, <https://guix.gnu.org/packages/> is over 6 weeks stale,
> but claims to have been updated two days ago, on July 15:
>
>   "GNU Guix provides 9,789 packages transparently available as pre-built
>   binaries. These pages provide a complete list of the packages. Our
>   continuous integration system shows their current build status
>   (updated July 15, 2019)."

Doesn’t that list (like the rest of the site) match the latest release?

--
Ricardo

bug#36708: guix.gnu.org/packages is 6 weeks stale, claims recent update

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> As I write this, <https://guix.gnu.org/packages/> is over 6 weeks stale,
> but claims to have been updated two days ago, on July 15:
>
>   "GNU Guix provides 9,789 packages transparently available as pre-built
>   binaries. These pages provide a complete list of the packages. Our
>   continuous integration system shows their current build status
>   (updated July 15, 2019)."

FWIW this was mentioned in Ludo’s email about the move of the
guix.gnu.org site:

  • The package list at <https://guix.gnu.org/packages> is made from the
    current ‘guix’ package, not from the latest ‘master’.  We should
    work to build it dynamically with something like hpcguix-web, or to
    generate it from an inferior of ‘master’.

It’s good to keep track of progress of this issue here.

-- 
Ricardo