Re: On the quest for a new release model

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Assuming my understanding above is correct, wouldn't you agree that
> (even) for those individuals what's most important is that there is a
> _stable_ and _not-very-outdated_ release available?  My (and I believe
> Greg's) contention is that following a time-based release process
> achieves these objectives more effectively than following a
> feature-based release process.

I agree that more frequent releases are necessary, but I don't see much
value in “automatic” time-triggered releases.  After all, that's what
"guix pull" already provides.  Our releases should mean something.

Also note that Guix itself is a library.  I don't think it would be a
good idea to inflate the number of releases.  Our installer script
already offers a way to install the latest untested version of the Guix
package manager.

-- 
Ricardo