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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: What for 0.5?
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:01:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh6x401c.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)

Hi!

I think we should aim for a 0.5 release within 2 to 4 weeks.  So, what
do we put in there?

We already have nice things:

  • Better patch handling.

  • MIPS/N32 port.

  • Monads, and other API improvements.

In addition, I think we should:

  • Switch to GCC 4.8 as the default compiler, and thus rebuild the
    bootstrap binaries; optionally, arrange so that those bootstrap
    binaries are the fixed point.

  • Merge the ‘loongson’ branch in ‘core-updates’.

  • Come up with a new VM demo image, with a better (gnu system) API,
    and using a new dmd release (more on that later).

  • More packages, ideally in the GUI/desktop area (you can help! :-)).

What do you think?  Anything else?

I think we should aim for an installation CD image of a basic system
(one I could use ;-), which means dm-crypt, a working dmd, Xorg, and
IceCat, at least) by the end of the year.

Another thing to work on is the infrastructure: we’ll need a MIPS box in
Hydra, and a couple of powerful x86_64 boxes would be welcome.  Also, we
really need to patch Hydra and substitute-binary.scm to sign/verify
binaries.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

             reply	other threads:[~2013-11-03 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-03 22:01 Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2013-11-05 18:10 ` What for 0.5? Cyril Roelandt
2013-11-06 13:04   ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-11-11 17:50     ` Andreas Enge
2013-11-11 20:35       ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-12-03 21:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-12-09 21:19   ` Ludovic Courtès

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