[debbugs-tracker] bug#35539: closed (Add more release testing automation for Guix releases)

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> Fri, 3 May 2019 10:50:53 +0200
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> mate-applets failed to build multiple times in the Guix 1.0 ISO, so
> MATE cannot be installed.  I guess I should have tested more before
> release; not much can be done about it now (you may close this bug if
> really not much can be done), however maybe a more thorough testing
> checklist or automation may be helpful for future releases.
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> Hello,
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> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > I agree we need more automation here.  One way to do this would be
> > something like ‘make assert-binaries-available’, which checks for
> > substitute availability (it could be a prerequisite of ‘make dist’),
> > where we’d explicitly check for DEs on x86_64 and i686.
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> I did that in 762ba22efe01006d959503dc368ee54b16ccea31; 1.0.1 will
> definitely have substitutes for MATE, GNOME, etc.
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> There’s surely still room for improvement in that area, but let’s open
> more specific bugs as we see fit.
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