From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: bug#22687: Online manual not updated automatically Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:37:49 +0100 Message-ID: <8737sss86a.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160215215024.GA22646@jasmine> <20160216162504.GC5914@solar> <20160216164218.GB5983@solar> <56C3590B.7060701@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42226) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVmOn-0001K5-GT for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:39:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVmOk-0004nK-Qg for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:39:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39797) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVmOk-0004n2-Nb for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:39:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVmOk-0004eB-Gy for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:39:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <56C3590B.7060701@gmx.net> (Florian Paul Schmidt's message of "Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:14:51 +0100") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Florian Paul Schmidt Cc: 22687@debbugs.gnu.org Florian Paul Schmidt writes: > On 16.02.2016 17:42, Andreas Enge wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 05:33:27PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >>> I was not courageous enough to suggest that, but this does sound >>> like a good idea. >> >> It is easy enough to have that courage when one is not the person >> making the releases :-) > > Hmm, shouldn't that process be mostly automated? And if not, maybe > it's worth thinking about how to do that. I guess from a functional > point of view a release is just a function that takes a revision and > has as its outputs installer images, binary installers, a new website, > yada yada yada.. IIUC The problem is that making a release involves a lot a build power that take long long time and makes it difficult to resolve unavoidable issues encountered during the process. I remember hearing Ludo explaining that the release process for Guix was more involving than for the other software projects he experienced. -- Mathieu Lirzin