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Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2.
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Marius Bakke |
Subject: |
Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2. |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:27:12 +0200 |
Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
> Le 21 octobre 2020 11:57:48 GMT-04:00, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org> a
> écrit :
>>zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>>> > The proposed coming timeline is:
>>>> >
>>>> > - freeze starting the Oct. 26th
>>>> > - last round for testing all over the week
>>>> > - unfreeze the Oct. 29th and then create the branch
>>>> > - minor bug fixes and all the papeword around (NEWS, blog, etc.)
>>>> > - release Nov. 6th.
>>>>
>>>> Overall LGTM, but could you clarify what you mean by “freeze” on
>>>> Oct. 26–29? No “important” changes to ‘master’, including to the
>>>> manual, is that correct?
>>>
>>> Yes, no "important" changes to 'master' which means:
>>> - no package or service updates
>>
>>I would phrase it as no _important_ package or service updates.
>>Updating non-critical leaf packages or services is probably fine.
Agree. Re: staging, I don't think there is anything release-critical in
it (and it may even introduce bugs, hard to tell because #44121).
>>> - no manual entry
>>> - only serious fixes under guix/ or installer(s)
>>>
>>> From my point of view, it is easier to freeze 'master' since
>>everybody
>>> can "guix pull" and check that everything is fine.
>>> Otherwise, instead of the freeze, let create the branch and so "guix
>>> pull --branch=version-1.2.0". It is up to you.
>>
>>Yeah we could also branch on the 26th and cherry-pick harmless changes
>>from ‘master’, so people can still have fun on ‘master’.
Sounds good to me.
> Wouldn't that mess up with guix's authentication mechanism? If we branch v1.2
> early, our release will have no forward path to master, so all our users will
> get an error when running guix pull.
I think the authentication mechanism starts at a fixed point for new
users/installs (i.e. no previous 'guix pull').
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- Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., zimoun, 2020/10/19
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas, 2020/10/19
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., zimoun, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Julien Lepiller, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2.,
Marius Bakke <=
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., zimoun, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., zimoun, 2020/10/21
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/10/26
- Re: Update on the timeline for the release v1.2., Maxim Cournoyer, 2020/10/30
- Branching for v1.2?, Ludovic Courtès, 2020/10/31
- Re: Branching for v1.2?, Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas, 2020/10/31