Release progress, week 9

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Guix!

Release progress: week 9.

Here are the main improvements that landed on ‘version-1.4.0’ since RC1:

  • System test failures and ARM image build failures fixed:
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-12/msg00063.html

  • Missing file added to Makefile.am:
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-12/msg00037.html

  • e2fsprogs now in the system profile of the installer

  • Julia build failures fixed:
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59836

  • backported the ‘match-record’ improvements to avoid ABI
    incompatibility compared to ‘master’:
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59864

That’s a total of 24 commits.

Bugs that need attention or even fixing:  :-)

  • “Retrying a failed install fails”
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59784

  • “Installer fails to identify installation device on Ventoy-made
    images”
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59823

  • “‘gui-installed-desktop-os-encrypted’ test intermittent failures”
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59884

  • “install.sh script should authorize bordeaux” (almost done)
    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59781

As explained before, I can push an RC2 by Sunday, which is real soon.
The above bugs are not critical but it’d be nice to make progress on
them before RC2.  Consider giving a hand!

Ludo’.