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Subject: Plan for a release!
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Hi Guix!

I=E2=80=99m going on vacation for a bit, but I think we should finally get =
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. on =
AArch64 and possibly
    JIT on ARMv7:

      https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39266
      https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/39208

  =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 repor=
ted
    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 have
    automated tests for these!

  =E2=80=A2 (Optionally) have an automated test that installs the binary ta=
rball
    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 the
    relevant jobs pass (packages, cross-builds, system tests, etc.).
    I=E2=80=99ll see if I can do something in that area.

What=E2=80=99s missing from the list?

I don=E2=80=99t think we=E2=80=99ll wait for the =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=
=80=99 merge, but who knows.

As you see there=E2=80=99s a lot of testing in there, plus the need to keep
things on track!  If someone wants to be the =E2=80=9Cmaster of time=E2=80=
=9D and make
sure we don=E2=80=99t enter and endless add-feature/break/fix loop, that=E2=
=80=99d be
welcome!

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.