On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:40:29 -0600 Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Hello all, > > Guix is super stable for me these days. In a sense, more stable than > any other system I've ever run. We also are quickly moving to the point > where *most* core packages people need are there. > > I think the Alpha label is too conservative. Once gnome-shell lands, or > once the next release comes out, what do people think about Beta? I was going to save it for a 0.10 vs 1.0 debate, but here makes sense also :) I think it also comes down to what are we missing? Not necessarily for beta, but more as a list between "here" and "1.0 worthy." gnome(-shell) and kde: I think many people would expect these installer: I haven't looked at the gentoo or archlinux installer recently, but ours looks similar in terms of "here's a shell, go ahead and bootstrap it." Also we have some lingering issues like /home on a different partition, actually partitioning and formatting the device, and maybe more. guix pull: super slow as-is :) going back to the gentoo comparison, iirc gentoo rsyncs the svn repo, and we all know how fast `git pull && make` is. anything else? > That still sounds like "not quite production ready for everyone" but > Alpha hardly feels fair to Guix anymore. (The most alpha thing about > GuixSD thing at this point is the install process, and hey, it's like > going oldschool with my install again.... :)) > > Or, when to switch? > - Chris > On the other side, gnome-shell sounds like a good cut-off for beta. -- Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted