Hello Guix!

The first release candidate of the upcoming 1.4.0 release is now
available for testing:

  source:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.4.0rc1.tar.gz

  binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz

  system installation:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc1.i686-linux.iso
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso

  virtual machine image:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2

SHA256 hashes:

  2d9486b0689bf74d38ed4e09b020543d66cc1d9f2ec64e82557f6bebcf54c711  guix-1.4.0rc1.tar.gz
  3853608a25e3540270900060e34b8ac973d69d2d64b2fc65981e2578fd4c09ba  guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
  1f871cd1a54b347c6311503ed4d68a663af74c187131477d4d067221692e3eee  guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
  5abe711d2570032e807db1740b6c3d44ca3ecc552ff3677180c07cc39a4476ff  guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
  4425d3d3e6c5a9f8a3aacab9579d7a96180e6dac7f60a04d2360dd5d1409b96d  guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.CZ
  63ac7e299c9d6cfc185d8f49c5672656c8836531e1c25566861899d6f72d0bad  guix-binary-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
  b13f8d65a05afc1ca178617d9e8e6e55d399717a114f90048e519d21800904f1  guix-system-install-1.4.0rc1.i686-linux.iso
  57367f2a89f1c0a6929f363bf19ec4b73bef443ffb84c6c5ddbdd76e96adc7c0  guix-system-install-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso
  e1751326b5d1849dc7b21454c45decf9489e57b29999049b49ffe7e77258dba5  guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2

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> [0].

You can help by:

  1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice.  You can
     download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh> and uncomment the
     ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org.  It
     should pick up 1.4.0rc1 automatically.

  2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System (the ISO images).

  3. Testing the VM image, along the lines of
     <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html>.

Please report success to guix-devel@gnu.org, and report bugs and
annoyances to bug-guix@gnu.org.

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

[0] Replacing https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=127547 by
    https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 in the
    instructions.  This will only be reflected on the website after the
    release is made.