Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> writes:
> 宋文武 <[email protected]> writes:
>> * gnu/packages/xml.scm (libxml2): Update to 2.9.2.
>
> Looks good, but this is probably for core-updates, since it will entail
> recompiling at least 1/3 of our packages (as estimated by 'guix refresh
> -l'), and possibly much more since gtk+ depends on libxml2 and is an
> implicit input to packages using the glib-or-gtk-build-system, and 'guix
> refresh -l' isn't aware of those dependencies.
Yes, I agree.
>
> Is it important that this update happen before the next core-updates
> cycle? If so, perhaps we could build it in another branch.
Not important, ok for 'core-updates'.
