Re: An update on ‘core-updates’

[Roman Scherer <roman.scherer@burningswell.com>]

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Roman Scherer <roman@burningswell.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> if we include the jemalloc patch Efraim is talking about, could we please also include this one here:
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68257 (gnu: mesa: Build asahi driver on aarch64)
>
> Btw, is there a way to figure out if the rebuild of jemalloc on aarch64 would affect (also rebuild) mesa?
>
> Thanks, Roman.
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 04:10:14PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>  > Hello Guix!
>  >
>  > Several of us have been fiddling with the ‘core-updates’ branch for a
>  > while.  I think there’s now consensus that the branch is really
>  > dedicated to core packages and (guix build …) modules, as embodied in
>  > the new ‘core-packages’ team¹.
>  >
>  > We’ve updated GCC 11.x, glibc, binutils, and various packages from (gnu
>  > packages base).  Notable exceptions are Coreutils, Findutils, sed, and
>  > tar; I tried but that’s a bit more work, notably because their variants
>  > in commencement.scm would no longer build because their build scripts
>  > use sed patterns not supported by Gash-Utils.
>  >
>  > Long story short: I’d like us to freeze and merge the branch ASAP,
>  > notably because the glibc graft on ‘master’ leads to a bad user
>  > experience.  I’m happy with the current state of the branch and wouldn’t
>  > mind postponing remaining upgrades for the next cycle.
>  >
>  > Thoughts?
>  >
>  > Remaining work includes: checking that cross-compilation targets still
>  > work after the recent Binutils updates, checking i586-gnu (GNU/Hurd) and
>  > other platforms, and possibly addressing the Gawk non-determinism
>  > issue².
>  >
>  > Currently package subsets are built here:
>  >
>  >   https://ci.guix.gnu.org/jobset/core-updates
>  >   https://guix.bordeaux.inria.fr/jobset/guix-core-updates
>  >
>  > I don’t think I can commit to coordinating the stabilization effort
>  > though as I’m busy with other things this month.  Would anyone like to
>  > take the lead on this?
>  >
>  > Happy updating!
>  >
>  > Ludo’.
>  >
>  > ¹ https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67880
>  > ² https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68378
>
>  There's a patch floating around somewhere to adjust the page size on
>  jemalloc on aarch64 to be at least 64k so that people running guix
>  software on apple silicon don't have issues.  I think we should add it
>  for core-updates so it doesn't get forgotten, I've seen it come up on
>  IRC at least once a week.
>
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