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Subject: Re: Guile 2.0.13
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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:11:38PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>>=20
>> More generally, we could try to have a =E2=80=9Cstaging=E2=80=9D branch =
for safe changes
>> that involve a rebuild of between ~300 and ~1200 packages, that we=E2=80=
=99d
>> merge more frequently than =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99 (I think the N=
ix folks do
>> that).  By =E2=80=9Csafe=E2=80=9D I mean things like ungrafting, minor u=
pgrades and
>> improvements; the goal would be to reduce the latency for such changes.
>>=20
>> Things that rebuild more than ~1200 packages would still go to
>> =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99.
>>=20
>> WDYT?
>>=20
>> Thanks!
>>=20
>> Ludo=E2=80=99.
>>=20
>
> This sounds like a good idea in general. A quick `guix refresh -l cmake'
> showed ~1100 packages, which would make this a good spot for the patch I
> tossed into core-updates to also build the ccmake binary.
>
> Currently I think most of us try to keep the number of rebuilds under
> ~150, so it might be nice to have some sort of guidelines in a separate
> post (and in HACKING eventually) so that people don't miss it.

I=E2=80=99ve posted a summary here:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-10/msg00933.html

Ludo=E2=80=99.