From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: What for 0.5? Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:19:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87siu190yp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87eh6x401c.fsf@gnu.org> <87a9ghy5hb.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57701) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vq8Eo-0008Qp-R9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:19:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vq8Ej-0004I6-0f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:19:34 -0500 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.104]:6740) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vq8Ei-0004Hg-QS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:19:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87a9ghy5hb.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:44:32 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis: > >> 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: >> >> =E2=80=A2 Better patch handling. >> >> =E2=80=A2 MIPS/N32 port. >> >> =E2=80=A2 Monads, and other API improvements. >> >> In addition, I think we should: >> >> =E2=80=A2 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. >> >> =E2=80=A2 Merge the =E2=80=98loongson=E2=80=99 branch in =E2=80=98core= -updates=E2=80=99. >> >> =E2=80=A2 Come up with a new VM demo image, with a better (gnu system)= API, >> and using a new dmd release (more on that later). >> >> =E2=80=A2 More packages, ideally in the GUI/desktop area (you can help= ! :-)). >> >> What do you think? Anything else? > > I think we now have most of what we wanted, so it=E2=80=99s now reasonabl= e to > aim for a release within 1 week. I=E2=80=99ll spend most of that time on= the VM > image, and looking at open bugs. Help welcome! So weeks take a bit more than 7 days it seems, but we=E2=80=99re getting th= ere! I=E2=80=99ve worked on the (gnu system) module, now used to build the VM im= age, so I think the important pieces are in place (I=E2=80=99ll write about it.) I=E2=80=99d like to release this Wednesday, so please do not push anything = that triggers big rebuilds until then. However, it=E2=80=99s still time to look at . :-) Ludo=E2=80=99.