Hello Guix!

Here’s the second and hopefully last release candidate for 1.2.0:

  source:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.2.0rc2.tar.gz

  binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz

  system installation:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.2.0rc2.i686-linux.iso.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso.xz

  virtual machine image:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.xz

SHA256 hashes:

  6d4cc24c6849e6d72b0ad8c0f7e32f668ff42e7fb226e828e201f837de0bbeb9  guix-1.2.0rc2.tar.gz
  d6df60b839112cbbb6d8d1f87f644cc2752611fd6ce443bf361de4bd8c70df1e  guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
  2528cf338fcf3e346225b0caa4bc1186964e01a86c0e7edcb44daea6384c791d  guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
  eb735373f526329d09452ed6a88c88b7cf432533677fe56b40a96a0d822b86b8  guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
  f58248b6ea89ef1685826dd1e6ac2198771836cddf7449fd38d6242e03127bc9  guix-binary-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
  1a9aa981c271fc951ae8a4793599f6e52a1689f12b2923c26556c94e35230f3e  guix-system-install-1.2.0rc2.i686-linux.iso.xz
  c90c5608f9926b6c6cacbf343757c2dcdb558062c3ddc92cb18c6c8df9874199  guix-system-install-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
  bd9048fe5d22c0ca318e8734cb18ec895d35d6da88ee6b909189e02895a65211  guix-system-vm-image-1.2.0rc2.x86_64-linux.xz

All these files have an associated ‘.sig’, an OpenPGP signature that you
can verify as explained at
<https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html>.

You can help by:

  1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice.  You can
     download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh>.  Uncomment the
     ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org and it
     should pick up 1.2.0rc2 automatically.

  2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System.

  3. Testing the VM image.

In any case, please report success, failure, and annoyances in this thread.

If everything goes well, let’s release on Monday 23rd.

You can also check the ‘NEWS’ file and the draft blog post at
<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-artwork.git/tree/website/drafts/gnu-guix-1.2.0-released.md>
to make sure your favorite feature is mentioned and/or to discuss the
highlights in the blog post.

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.