From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: core-updates merged! Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87mwgn8twp.fsf@gnu.org> <87txal0xpq.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4zxym1r.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSrcX-0004ki-W9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSrcS-0006de-Ho for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:09 -0400 Received: from na6sys009bog024.obsmtp.com ([74.125.150.88]:39518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSrcS-0006dP-D6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:04 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id jt11so2240050pbb.14 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:28:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y4zxym1r.fsf@gnu.org> 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: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ludovic_Court=E8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Ludovic Court=E8s wrote: > "Thompson, David" skribis: > >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Ludovic Court=E8s wrote= : >>> 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. :-) I didn't realize that bash had made a release last month. Did we influence this release? I remember reading about the pile of patches for 4.2. > >> 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'd > gather very few changes in 2 months. > > Ludo'. Could we skip a merge cycle if there haven't been many changes or would that be too inconsistent? - Dave