From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0@n0.is Subject: Re: End of beta soon? drop i686? Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:33:46 +0000 Message-ID: <20181212093346.n7oyu457z7dva5v7@abyayala> References: <20181211091944.dneczhtrave5jnjy@abyayala> <87d0q75w3y.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX0tq-0000Cc-S2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:33:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX0tn-0000ZD-Le for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:33:50 -0500 Received: from static.195.114.201.195.clients.your-server.de ([195.201.114.195]:44546 helo=conspiracy.of.n0.is) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX0tl-00075R-NK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:33:46 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d0q75w3y.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel Ricardo Wurmus transcribed 659 bytes: > > ng0@n0.is writes: > > > Let's not drop an architecture because occasionally something breaks for > > it. breakage is bad, yes. but it's more than just the broken packages. > > it is the way patches find their way into master. if you have more > > patience then I had, you can try to address the workflow in guix (there > > will be some past discussions you can find on the mailinglists). > > > > I've been on the high-friction lane with GuixSD, so I am talking from > > experience and not just assumptions. > > I don’t understand what you are alluding to. Could you please > elaborate? Could you translate this into concrete suggestions or > expectations? I've suggested enough over the years and it was always "oh, good idea". Whoever wants to improve the state of simply commiting to master etc can do it, I myself no longer care (which I don't mean in a negative sense, I just have enough other things to focus on). > -- > Ricardo >