Re: preparing the next release v0.15.0

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Hi Guix,

I wrote almost 6 days ago:

> Here are a bunch of things that we should look into:
>
> * Outstanding patches.  There are many patches in the queue at
>   guix-patches[1] that we should go through, comment on, and/or apply
>   before the release.  Who would like to join a task force to do that
>   together?  Let’s pick 5 patches each and review them so that we can
>   either comment to ask for changes or to apply them.
>
>   [1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=guix-patches
>
> * breakage since the last core-updates merge.  Since the long overdue
>   merge of the “core-updates” branch we have a few serious problems on
>   i686 (e.g. the gst-plugins-base package) and armhf.  Who would like to
>   lead an effort to investigate and fix these problems?  (Note: you
>   obviously don’t need to fix them yourself, just keep track of these
>   things and coordinate with others who investigate them.)
>
> * collecting new features and big changes in NEWS.  The NEWS file
>   already lists some of the changes that the next release would provide
>   compared to 0.14.0, but we all know that there are more.  Who would
>   like to take charge of the NEWS file?  This involves asking people for
>   changes they would really like to be mentioned and coordinating with
>   other volunteers to search through all commits since v0.14.0 to find
>   noteworthy changes.
>
[…]
> Did I miss anything?  Who wants to help?

We aim for a release on June 30, 2018.  Unfortunately, so far nobody has
come forward to help us coordinate one of these three tasks.

Any volunteers?

--
Ricardo