From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Goals for 0.4 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:34:27 +0200 Message-ID: <87vc2o4qwc.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59428) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VF1Vn-0004Mb-V9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:39:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VF1Vi-0006G2-4t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:39:43 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:53056) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VF1Vh-0006Fp-Uv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:39:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6A01463 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:34:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MnEZQM9P27jl for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:34:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pluto (unknown [193.50.110.106]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60ACC145C for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:34:31 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello! So, what do we put in 0.4, and when do we release it? First, I=E2=80=99d like to release 0.4 by (or on) GNU=E2=80=99s 30th birthd= ay, which is on Sep. 28th [0]. On the 28th, I=E2=80=99d also like to have a bootable QE= MU image built with Guix, featuring at least the init system (dmd), a console login, and bare utilities. What I would really like to see in 0.4: =E2=80=A2 Guix must be usable with the old Guile 2.0.5, since that=E2=80= =99s what some distros provide. At the GHM I realized that some people had weird bugs with that Guile, notably in the substituter. I fixed a couple of bugs, but there may be others around. So, to 2.0.5 users: please run =E2=80=98make check=E2=80=99, use Guix a= nd in particular the substituter, and report bugs! =E2=80=A2 Packages: as already discussed, more packages, anything that ma= kes the distro more useful (having Git is a must.) A package a day keeps the competition away. ;-) =E2=80=A2 Core updates: in particular libc 2.18. Possibly switch to GCC = 4.8 as the default compiler. =E2=80=A2 APIs: new or extended APIs for building stand-alone images. I= =E2=80=99ve been looking into that recently, notably with the initrd stuff. =E2=80=A2 New =E2=80=98--list-generations=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98--delete-= generations=E2=80=99 options for =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99. =E2=80=A2 Manual: improve as we see fit; notably add a section on font us= age for X applications. Optional goals: =E2=80=A2 MIPS64/N64 support: the bootstrap tarballs are now all available through cross-compilation from x86_64, so it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cjust=E2= =80=9D a matter of feeding them in bootstrap.scm and trying out. =E2=80=A2 Rebuilt bootstrap binaries (aka. the =E2=80=9CFixed Point Proje= ct=E2=80=9D, more on that later.) =E2=80=A2 Python 3, and related packaging changes. Anything else? What do people think? Ludo=E2=80=99. [0] https://www.gnu.org/gnu30/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIfP9cACgkQd92V4upS7PTOUwCfSa/4NP8cxktSg53KgEgWDUhT GX0AoIal5+a9kwUB4lMQv/X3T0V5vJuH =4n+T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--