bug#26534: [PATCH] gnu: Update glib to 2.52.1.

[Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>]

Marius Bakke writes:

> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Marius Bakke writes:
>>
>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> From 802c557c95ae9cbe7edeec1ab58fc05ef4c4cd32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
>>>> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:53:54 +0200
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Update glib to 2.52.1.
>>>>
>>>> * gnu/packages/glib.scm (glib):  Update to 2.52.1.
>>>> ---
>>>>  gnu/packages/glib.scm | 4 ++--
>>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
>>>> index 6de9cce0b..4e29a550b 100644
>>>> --- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
>>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
>>>> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
>>>>  (define glib
>>>>    (package
>>>>     (name "glib")
>>>> -   (version "2.50.3")
>>>> +   (version "2.52.1")
>>>>     (source (origin
>>>>              (method url-fetch)
>>>>              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/"
>>>> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ shared NFS home directories.")
>>>>                                  name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
>>>>              (sha256
>>>>               (base32
>>>> -              "16frrwhc1yqkzx6bgh3060g94dr2biab17fb01mrni819jzr9vl2"))
>>>> +              "0vsqrvjwsk2x3mm2i428hpm5vgsi1b384l6xdhm7xmzj2yw2d34l"))
>>>>              (patches (search-patches "glib-tests-timer.patch"))))
>>>>     (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>>>     (outputs '("out"           ; everything
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.12.1
>>>>
>>>> Dear Guix,
>>>>
>>>> Is it OK to update glib?
>>>
>>> I suspect this would require some other GTK updates as well. Maybe we
>>> can start a new "gnome-updates" branch[0] and try to bring everything up
>>> to date. "glib" alone has almost 1500 dependent packages which is too
>>> much for "staging". What do you think?
>>>
>>> [0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-10/msg00933.html
>>
>> This is a good idea.  The ultimate purpose is to get the latest GNOME
>> release in GNU Guix.  I cannot carry this task entirely myself, if we
>> would like to get it in before the next GNOME release.. ;)
>>
>> So, I am not sure we need to build everything on Hydra, since it's
>> already under a high load.  Maybe it's enough to create a branch in the
>> Git repository and do the builds locally?
>
> I think pushing a "gnome-updates" branch to Savannah is a good start :)
> `./pre-inst-env guix refresh -u gnome` appears able to do the grunt of
> it. Let's start a Hydra evaluation once most packages are updated and
> see how it goes :)

I pushed the branch and put the glib update there.  I will push of
'refresh -u gnome' there as well.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen