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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -9.98 X-Spam-Score: -9.98 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 3A80C174B6 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx12.migadu.com X-TUID: VcPpgVqbxewJ Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hello Guix! > > Several of us have been fiddling with the =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99 = branch for a > while. I think there=E2=80=99s now consensus that the branch is really > dedicated to core packages and (guix build =E2=80=A6) modules, as embodie= d in > the new =E2=80=98core-packages=E2=80=99 team=C2=B9. > > We=E2=80=99ve updated GCC 11.x, glibc, binutils, and various packages fro= m (gnu > packages base). Notable exceptions are Coreutils, Findutils, sed, and > tar; I tried but that=E2=80=99s a bit more work, notably because their va= riants > in commencement.scm would no longer build because their build scripts > use sed patterns not supported by Gash-Utils. > > Long story short: I=E2=80=99d like us to freeze and merge the branch ASAP, > notably because the glibc graft on =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99 leads to a ba= d user > experience. I=E2=80=99m happy with the current state of the branch and w= ouldn=E2=80=99t > mind postponing remaining upgrades for the next cycle. > > Thoughts? Sounds good! > Remaining work includes: checking that cross-compilation targets still > work after the recent Binutils updates, checking i586-gnu (GNU/Hurd) and > other platforms, and possibly addressing the Gawk non-determinism > issue=C2=B2. There's a non-determinism issue in Python that is supposed to be fixed in bug#68394; we should apply it if possible. --=20 Thanks, Maxim