Re: Moving to beta? When?

[anonymiss <anonymiss@grrlz.net>]

> On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:08:26 +0200
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:40:29 -0600
> Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> 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

I know some people who would expect a working full disk encryption
with whatever they use, including myself.

> 
> 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.

I don't know about archlinux anymore, last time I tried it was even
more simplified then I remembered (partition, bootstrap, other stuff,
done), and Gentoo is also pretty forward (partly because the
documentation is very good and leaves no questions at all.

> 
> 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.
> 



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