From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: core-updates merged! Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:14:24 +0100 Message-ID: <87y4zxym1r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mwgn8twp.fsf@gnu.org> <87txal0xpq.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 ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55212) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSqTK-0000Bi-Lr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:14:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSqTC-0005t6-NM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:14:34 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:48647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSqTC-0005sn-GT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:14:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: (David Thompson's message of "Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:55:08 -0400") 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.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thompson, David" Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org "Thompson, David" skribis: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wro= te: >> I've just merged core-updates in master, and Hydra has already built >> most of it. So that brings glibc 2.19, grep 2.18, libgc 7.4, guile >> 2.0.11, bash 6.3, the ability to use directories as package sources >> (instead of tarballs), and a bunch of other updates and improvements. > > bash 6.3? Is this a typo or have I missed something? 4.3, indeed. :-) > Merging core-updates every 2 months sounds reasonable to me, fwiw. > What are the potential downsides to frequently merging core-updates? > Too much package rebuilding? Unstable software? Just curious if > there are any good reasons for a more conservative approach. The main issue is too much rebuilding, yes, and perhaps sometimes we=E2=80= =99d gather very few changes in 2 months. Ludo=E2=80=99.