Could you create a meta issue in github for real release blockers?

Thanks for the hard work
Robin

On 1 April 2016 12:22:23 CEST, "Domen Kožar" <do...@dev.si> wrote:
>Let's not forget removal of perl from Nix closure.
>
>On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Peter Simons <sim...@cryp.to> wrote:
>
>> Christian Kauhaus writes:
>>
>>  > I wonder what the timeline is for the 16.03 release. As far as I
>>  > understand it, it was supposed to happen in March, but odds are
>not
>>  > so good right now. Has anyone an idea about what it takes for the
>>  > release to happen?
>>
>> I have the unpleasant duty of informing everyone that all plans to
>release
>> nixos-16.03 are OFF.
>>
>> We were literally minutes away from tagging the source code and
>switching
>> on
>> the nixos-16.03 channel when Domen realized that we had flat-out
>forgotten
>> to implement several important BLOCKERS that prevent us from
>releasing the
>> new version right now. So we had an on-line meeting, discussed our
>options,
>> and concluded to POSTPONE any new NixOS releases until the following
>issues
>> are resolved:
>>
>>  - Re-designed UI for Nix command-line tools
>>  - Deterministic Reproducible Builds (#2281)
>>  - Security Hardening (#7220)
>>  - Fast Delivery of Security Updates (#10851)
>>  - Recursive Nix
>>  - Declarative User Environments a.k.a. User-space NixOS (#9250)
>>  - Hydra NG (#12203)
>>  - Lazier mkDerivation function (#11094)
>>  - Consistent Support for Multiple Outputs (#7701)
>>
>> Once ALL these issues are implemented and tested, we'll start over
>with a
>> new release cycle.
>>
>> Thank you for your patience and understanding,
>> Peter
>>
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