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Subject: Re: Plan for a release!
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Hi!

Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

> I=E2=80=99m going on vacation for a bit, but I think we should finally ge=
t that
> release out!  Here=E2=80=99s the list of things to do I have in mind:
>
>   =E2=80=A2 We need Guile 3.0.1 to fix =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99 etc. o=
n AArch64 and possibly
>     JIT on ARMv7:
>
>       https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39266
>       https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39208

Done!  Our current =E2=80=98guile-next=E2=80=99 package works fine, with JI=
T, on all 4
platforms.

(That also means we could switch to Guile 3.0 on core-updates.)

>   =E2=80=A2 More testing of the guided installer and related issues:
>
>      https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39729
>      https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39712
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Fix the weird default font in GNOME Terminal, as sirgazil rep=
orted
>     on help-guix.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Ensure that the desktop environments provided by the installer
>     actually work (GNOME, Xfce, MATE, etc.).  It=E2=80=99d be great to ha=
ve
>     automated tests for these!
>
>   =E2=80=A2 (Optionally) have an automated test that installs the binary =
tarball
>     on Debian or similar.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Address as many of the bugs marked =E2=80=9Cimportant=E2=80=
=9D or =E2=80=9Cserious=E2=80=9D as
>     possible.  Should we organize a bug-squashing week?  :-)
>
>   =E2=80=A2 We already have =E2=80=9Cmake assert-binaries-available=E2=80=
=9D, but at the Guix
>     Days we came up with the idea of having =E2=80=98guix weather
>     --release-critical=E2=80=99 or similar, which would ensure that all t=
he
>     relevant jobs pass (packages, cross-builds, system tests, etc.).
>     I=E2=80=99ll see if I can do something in that area.

I=E2=80=99m working on this last item.

We still have to make progress on the other issues though.

Should make next week (or next week-end?) a bug-squashing party where
we=E2=80=99d all join as time permits?  How does that sound?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.