From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Plan for a release! Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:38:29 +0100 Message-ID: <87pne3d5t6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60190) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j6LR4-0004Gb-2g for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:38:43 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35169) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j6LR3-00081r-VJ for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:38:42 -0500 Received: from [80.215.212.253] (port=17544 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1j6LQv-0004ZL-06 for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:38:34 -0500 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Guix-devel Hi Guix! I=E2=80=99m going on vacation for a bit, but I think we should finally get = that release out! Here=E2=80=99s the list of things to do I have in mind: =E2=80=A2 We need Guile 3.0.1 to fix =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99 etc. on = AArch64 and possibly JIT on ARMv7: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39266 https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39208 =E2=80=A2 More testing of the guided installer and related issues: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39729 https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39712 =E2=80=A2 Fix the weird default font in GNOME Terminal, as sirgazil repor= ted on help-guix. =E2=80=A2 Ensure that the desktop environments provided by the installer actually work (GNOME, Xfce, MATE, etc.). It=E2=80=99d be great to have automated tests for these! =E2=80=A2 (Optionally) have an automated test that installs the binary ta= rball on Debian or similar. =E2=80=A2 Address as many of the bugs marked =E2=80=9Cimportant=E2=80=9D = or =E2=80=9Cserious=E2=80=9D as possible. Should we organize a bug-squashing week? :-) =E2=80=A2 We already have =E2=80=9Cmake assert-binaries-available=E2=80= =9D, but at the Guix Days we came up with the idea of having =E2=80=98guix weather --release-critical=E2=80=99 or similar, which would ensure that all the relevant jobs pass (packages, cross-builds, system tests, etc.). I=E2=80=99ll see if I can do something in that area. What=E2=80=99s missing from the list? I don=E2=80=99t think we=E2=80=99ll wait for the =E2=80=98core-updates=E2= =80=99 merge, but who knows. As you see there=E2=80=99s a lot of testing in there, plus the need to keep things on track! If someone wants to be the =E2=80=9Cmaster of time=E2=80= =9D and make sure we don=E2=80=99t enter and endless add-feature/break/fix loop, that=E2= =80=99d be welcome! Thoughts? Ludo=E2=80=99.