zimoun <zimon.touto...@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. > - 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’. Mathieu, Marius, Maxim, Tobias: thoughts? Ludo’.
