On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 09:27:54PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> >   gnu: qemu: Update to 2.9.0-rc1 [security fixes].
> 
> I think it would be nice to have this in Guix proper (as a separate
> variable), so users don't have to apply this patch and build it
> manually. The downside is that it would land in users' profiles unless
> they take steps to prevent it, but I'm not sure how much of a problem
> that is given how easy it is to roll-back or exclude it. Thoughts?

I'm unsure if we should add it. QEMU usually goes through 4 or 5 release
candidates.

Does anyone have experience using these heavily? Are they stable or can
we expect them to be buggier than a real release?